MP Amin Sherri of Hezbollah’s Loyalty to Resistance bloc said his party “will deal with what the government does according to the step by step principle,” adding that Hezbollah “objected to the U.S. paper because it reflects Israel’s goals.”

U.S. envoy Tom Barrack's visit to Lebanon has been postponed to Aug. 18-19, local Al-Jadeed TV network said Friday.

The channel said that Lebanese authorities have been informed of the postponement of Barrack's visit to Lebanon by 10 days and that it will now take place on Aug. 18-19.

The Lebanese government on Thursday endorsed the “objectives” of the U.S. paper presented by U.S. envoy Tom Barrack, despite a walkout by the ministers of Hezbollah and the Amal Movement.

An Israeli airstrike on eastern Lebanon killed six people, including a senior member of a Palestinian group and his bodyguard as they were on their way to Syria, news reports and his group said Friday.

The Thursday afternoon airstrike near the Lebanese border crossing of Masnaa killed Mohammed Wishah, a member of the central committee of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, the group said in a statement.

Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Jassem Mohamed Al-Budaiwi, welcomed Friday a decision by the Lebanese government to disarm Hezbollah, describing it as an important step towards sovereignty and stability.

Budaiwi said the decision will significantly contribute to enhancing the trust of the international community and multilateral partners, paving the way for a more attractive environment for investment, including in the private sector.

Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil has criticized the government’s approval of the objectives of U.S. envoy Tom Barrack’s paper, saying Cabinet should have approved a “Lebanese” paper instead.

Hundreds of Hezbollah supporters took to the streets of Beirut's southern suburbs to protest a government decision to disarm the group.

Lebanese media shared footage of similar rallies late Thursday, in other areas of the country where Hezbollah holds sway, while troops deployed to maintain order.

An Israeli drone strike targeted Friday a car on the Ansarieh highway in the southern region of al-Zahrani, killing a journalist.

The journalist, Mohammad Shehadeh, is a photographer and correspondent of a local news portal. His colleagues said he was killed while performing his professional duties.

U.S. envoy Tom Barrack said on Thursday Lebanon's government had taken a "historic" decision this week by moving to disarm Iran-backed Hezbollah, which Washington has pushed for.

In a post on X, Barrack congratulated Lebanese leaders "for making the historic, bold, and correct decision this week to begin fully implementing" a November ceasefire which ended more than a year of hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel, and stipulated that weapons in Lebanon be restricted to government agencies only.

Lebanon said an Israeli strike on the country's east on Thursday killed at least six people, in the latest attack despite a November ceasefire in a war with militant group Hezbollah.

"The Israeli strike on Masnaa Road resulted in a preliminary toll of six deaths and ten injuries," the Lebanese health ministry said in a statement.