Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said Monday that he had wanted to attack Lebanon as early as October 11, 2023.

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri is ready to "immediately call" for presidential consultations, if all concerned parties are ready to attend.

Berri told al-Joumhouria newspaper, in remarks published Monday, that he separates between the ongoing war with Israel and the election of a president and that he is "totally ready" to call for a dialogue or consultations but that other parties are playing for time by refusing his initiative.

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has warned to retaliate "in a way that hasn't been done before" if Iran and Hezbollah attack Israel.

Gallant said Sunday, as he visited a military base, that Israel is fighting for its existence and that Iran and Hezbollah are threatening to harm Israel "in ways they have not done before."

A Hezbollah lawmaker has said that his group will take the Lebanese interest into consideration in any response against Israel over its assassination of Hezbollah military chief Fouad Shukur.

A Syrian interception missile landed overnight in the forests of the Zgharta town of Miryata during an Israeli airstrike on the Shuairat airport in central Syria, media reports said.

Caretaker Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib said Friday, after he met with caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, that the Lebanese government supports a joint statement by the United States, Egypt and Qatar, calling on Israel and Hamas to return to the negotiating table.

The foreign powers involved in brokering a possible cease-fire aimed at halting the fighting in Gaza and releasing Israeli hostages have jointly appealed to Israel and Hamas to return to the negotiating table next week.

Two people were killed on Friday morning in an Israeli drone strike on the coastal border town of al-Naqoura in south Lebanon, with Hezbollah announcing the death of two of its fighters "on the road to Jerusalem".

Later during the day, Israeli warplanes raided a forest between Kfarkela and Deir Mimas. The region was also targeted by artillery shells.

An Israeli drone targeted Thursday a car between the southern towns of al-Jebbayn and Yarine, wounding three people.

Hezbollah, for its part, targeted al-Malkia with artillery shells and a group of soldiers in the al-Marj post with a suicide drone.

MP Simon Abi Ramia of the Strong Lebanon bloc on Wednesday announced his resignation from “the organizational structure of the Free Patriotic Movement.”

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea overnight said he expresses “the deepest sentiments of sympathy with the Lebanese southerners, especially the residents of border villages.”