President Joseph Aoun has intensified his contacts with domestic, Arab, and international parties to prevent Hezbollah's intervention in a potential war with Iran.

A report published Tuesday in Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper said U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio had warned Aoun that Israel would expand its attacks north of the Litani River if Hezbollah once again joined the conflict.

The Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces and Commander of the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, Ali Abdollahi, stated Tuesday that "a powerful Iran has emerged as a fourth pole of power by controlling the Strait of Hormuz as a vital energy artery and determining the rules of access to it."

Syrian authorities have thwarted a “terrorist plot” targeting the Homs Refinery orchestrated by a cell affiliated with Hezbollah, the Syrian interior ministry said on Tuesday.

The ministry explained in a statement that the security operation led to the arrest of the involved cell members and the seizure of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in their possession that were prepared to target the refinery.

France has opened a judicial investigation into a war crimes complaint over an Israeli strike on a residential building in Lebanon in 2024, lawyer Clemence Bectarte told AFP on Tuesday.

French-Lebanese artist Ali Cherri, whose parents were killed in the Beirut strike, filed the complaint as a civil party last spring alongside the International Federation for Human Rights, Bectarte explained.

Hezbollah on Monday announced it had begun distributing financial aid to Lebanese displaced by the group's latest war with Israel, despite efforts to dry up its funding sources.

Hezbollah’s entry into a war in support of Iran could open the door to a broad Israeli military escalation, U.S. diplomatic sources told the Nidaa al-Watan newspaper.

“This scenario includes invading into north of the Awali River; taking control of the cities of Nabatieh, Tyre and Sidon; imposing a blockade on the Rafik Hariri International Airport as well as the ports of Beirut and Tripoli; and broad destruction of Beirut's southern suburbs (Dahieh) -- which the sources described as ‘wiping it off the map,’" the daily said.

The negotiations between Lebanon and Israel have run into Israeli conditions and Lebanese reservations, media reports said.

“Things remain at a standstill pending the crystallization of the Israeli political landscape after the elections,” the Nidaa al-Watan newspaper reported on Monday.

Israeli forces launched a series of strikes across southern Lebanon on Monday, targeting the outskirts of Kounine, al-Mansouri, Majdalzoun, and Ibl al-Saqi with artillery fire, alongside airstrikes on al-Qsaïr and Kfar Tebnit.

In addition, Israeli forces opened fire with heavy machine guns toward Ibl al-Saqi, Wadi al-Hujair, and Wadi al-Slouqi, carried out detonations in Beit Yahoun and Bani Hayyan, and bulldozed homes and infrastructure in Zawtar al-Sharqiyeh.

Labor Minister Mohammad Haidar, who was named by Hezbollah, said Monday that his visit to Syria among a Lebanese ministerial delegation is “ministerial work that has nothing to do with any partisan background."

The statement was made from the Jdeidet Yabous crossing, following the arrival of the delegation in Syria led by Deputy Prime Minister Tarek Mitri.

The Israeli army is planning to occupy the three main southern cities of Tyre, Sidon, and Nabatieh, should Hezbollah intervene in an upcoming war with Iran, Israeli media said.

A report published Sunday in Maariv said the Israeli Navy could play a pivotal role in strikes on Lebanon, given that the Air Force would be occupied with operations against Iran.