Three strikes hit Beirut's southern suburbs on Wednesday, after Israel issued evacuation warnings for residents of Haret Hreik and Burj al-Brajneh.

Images from AFPTV showed thick black smoke rising from the targeted areas in Haret Hreik and Hay al-Amerkan.

Speaker Nabih Berri on Tuesday held talks with ex-PMs Najib Mikati, Fouad Saniora and Tammam Salam, discussing with them the political and military developments in Lebanon in light of Israel's continued attacks.

Residents of the southern border town of Alma al-Shaab, a predominantly Christian village, were evacuating their village Tuesday after Israeli warnings.

The mayor of another Chrisitan village, also in south Lebanon, said he received a direct call from the Israeli army, warning him that displaced people from neighboring Shia-majority villages would put his village, Rmeish, in danger and turn it into a military target.

The Israeli army has issued a warning to the residents of Ghbayri, Hadath, Haret Hreik, Laylaki, Burj al-Barajne, Shiyyah and Tahwitat al Ghadir.

Earlier in the day, Israel had warned residents of Tyre's Abbasiyyeh and the coastal town of Sidon to evacuate areas near two threatened buildings.

President Joseph Aoun voiced Tuesday his full support for the Lebanese Army as he met with Army Commander Rodolphe Haydal and Defense Minister Michel Menassah in Yarzeh.

Aoun said he will stand "as a bulwark" against any attacks on the military institution or its leadership.

The Lebanese government proposed direct negotiations with Israel — through the Trump administration — aimed at ending the war and reaching a peace agreement, five sources with knowledge of the matter told U.S. news portal Axios.

At least twenty people were killed in Israeli strikes on south Lebanon and Beirut's southern suburbs on Monday.

Sixteen people were killed and 40 wounded in strikes on Tayrdebba and Jwayya in south Lebanon, the health ministry said, while Israeli airstrikes on al-Qard al-Hassan branches in Dahieh killed one person and wounded 12 others.

French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Cyprus on Monday to discuss regional security, while Paris deployed warships to the Mediterranean and the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran stretched into a second week.

United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert began Monday an official visit to Israel.

Hezbollah on Saturday said it confronted Israeli troops that infiltrated an east Lebanon town overnight, with Lebanese authorities reporting at least 16 killed in Israeli strikes on the area.