Lebanon’s Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has warned that Israel’s unilateral strikes on his country could reignite a new war, stressing that negotiations under Israeli fire are “unacceptable”.

Hezbollah Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem has stressed that Lebanon is facing a “dangerous, expansionist Israeli aggression” that should be confronted “by all means.”

Israel carries out a new round of aerial assaults on southern Lebanon, a day after the two sides held their first direct talks in decades.

A high-ranking Hezbollah military commander has categorically rejected plans for the disarmament of the Lebanese resistance movement, stressing that the group will never drop weapons.

The vice president of the Supreme Islamic Shia Council says the upcoming visit of Pope Leo XIV to Lebanon conveys the message of unity and peace.

Hezbollah has called upon Pope Leo XIV to denounce ongoing Israeli strikes on Lebanon during his official visit to the Arab nation over the weekend.

A senior Lebanese lawmaker has denounced the recent Israeli assassination of high-ranking Hezbollah military commander Haytahm Ali Tabatabai, calling it a flagrant act of aggression against the Lebanese government, the nation, and the resistance movement.