Israeli artillery shells targeted Lebanese Civil Defense crews as they were removing rubble and searching for bodies in Naqoura on Thursday.

The head of the Lebanese Forces’ dept. in Karm al-Zeitoun, Roland Murr, was killed overnight in an armed clash with the Soldiers of God group in Ashrafieh, media reports said.

The army deployed in the area afterwards and started pursuing those involved in the clash.

There is “a chance that this time” Israel will “really be able to reach a hostage deal” with Hamas, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Wednesday.

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said Wednesday that Israel is “still in the middle of a war” and that Iran is its “main enemy.”

Hezbollah MP Hussein al-Hajj Hassan told al-Jadeed TV on Wednesday that “all of Hezbollah’s institutions are licensed and under the law, especially al-Qard al-Hassan.”

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s Senior Adviser on Arab and Middle Eastern Affairs, Massad Boulos, has described the Lebanon-Israel ceasefire as “a historic agreement for both countries, the importance of which will be measured in the weeks and months to come.”

“It is very comprehensive and covers all the necessary points,” Boulos added, in an interview with French magazine Le Point.

French President Emmanuel Macron has called on both Israel and Hezbollah to respect the ceasefire in Lebanon.

The Lebanese Forces said Wednesday that Hezbollah must legitimize all its institutions, including the al-Qard al-Hassan financial institution, amid reports that Hezbollah will reopen its branches after being hit by Israeli airstrikes.

The Israeli army had targeted during more than 13 months of war in Lebanon branches of al-Qard al-Hassan in south and east Lebanon, and in Beirut and it's suburbs.

A U.S.-led committee that is supposed to monitor the ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel will hold its first meeting Friday, an informed source told local al-Joumhouria newspaper.

The committee also includes France, the U.N. peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon (UNIFIL), Lebanon, and Israel.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday vowed to “restore peace and security” to northern Israel, at the beginning of a special, post-war government meeting in the northern city of Nahariya.