Hundreds of people brandishing Palestinian flags and the yellow colours of Hizbullah gathered in south Lebanon on Saturday for the funeral of a Lebanese protester killed by Israeli fire a day earlier. 

Mohamad Kassem Tahan, a member of the Iran-backed Hizbullah movement, had been protesting at the Lebanese border against the Jewish state's latest assault on the Gaza Strip when he was hit by Israeli shellfire. 

In a warning tone, Israeli army spokesman Avichai Adraei “advised” Lebanon on Saturday to prevent “sabotagers” from approaching the border between the two countries, after a close border encounter Friday between protesters and Israeli soldiers.

Kuwaiti authorities said they were able to detain Hussein Zoaiter, whom they identified as “a powerful Lebanese drug trafficker involved in transporting drugs to Kuwait and the Gulf countries,” the Kuwait al-Rai newspaper reported on Saturday.

The Lebanese army on Saturday reportedly closed all roads leading to the Marjayoun plain opposite the Israeli settlement of Metulla in the occupied territories, media reports said.

President Michel Aoun condemned what he called "a crime committed by Israeli forces" after Israeli fire struck a group of protesters on the southern Lebanese border killing a man, the Presidency said on Twitter.

A Lebanese protester was killed and another was wounded Friday afternoon when two Israeli shells landed near them as they were trying to cross the Lebanese border into the Israeli settlement of Metulla, Lebanon’s National News Agency said.

“The Israeli army went on alert, trying to prevent them from advancing towards the fence, which prompted the enemy to fire two shells towards the young men,” NNA added.

An Israeli airstrike overnight targeted a vehicle on the Syrian side of Lebanon’s border near the Lebanese town of Hermel, media reports said.

Al-Jadeed TV said a strong blast was heard at 3:30 am in the Syrian town of al-Jantaliyeh in Qusayr’s countryside after Israeli aircraft bombed a pickup truck.

Three rockets were fired Thursday from southern Lebanon toward Israel, Lebanese security officials said, amid an escalating fighting between Israel and the militant Palestinian Hamas group in Gaza.

The rockets were launched from the Qlayleh area north of Naqoura, near the border with Israel.

Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri on Wednesday called on all parties to “understand the seriousness of this period and what Lebanon is going through” in order to “stop this terrible collapse.”

Hariri’s appeal came in a tweet greeting Lebanese and Muslims on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr.

Both President Michel Aoun and Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh have denied discussing the issue of Hizbullah’s controversial financial institution, al-Qard al-Hasan, in a meeting that they held in Baabda.

A statement issued by the Presidency said media reports that claimed the opposite were “baseless,” noting that the discussions tackled “the monetary situations in the country, the issue of the ration cards and the issue of subsidization.”