The U.S. Embassy in Beirut and the U.S. embassy in Israel are “committed to Lebanon and Israel moving towards a sustainable and effective peace through diplomacy and dialogue,” the U.S. Embassy in Beirut said on X.

“This weekend, they were hosted by @USEmbassyJordan where they discussed steps needed for a more peaceful and prosperous region,” the Embassy added.

An Israeli drone targeted Monday a car on the Tyre-Hosh road, killing one person and wounding two others, as Israel seemed to intensify its strikes on south and east Lebanon.

The Israeli army said it targeted a Hezbollah member in the region of Tyre in south Lebanon.

President Joseph Aoun on Monday met in Baabda with Foreign Minister Youssef Rajji and discussed with him the developments in the South in light of the ongoing Israeli attacks and the current diplomatic efforts to counter them.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, through Lebanon’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York, meanwhile sent a letter to the Security Council and the U.N. Secretary-General, which included a complaint regarding the continued Israeli violations of Lebanese sovereignty over the past months. The Ministry requested that this complaint be issued as an official document of the Security Council and the General Assembly and distributed to all U.N. member states.

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has accused Israel of trying to sabotage the ceasefire monitoring committee.

In remarks, published Monday in al-Joumhouria newspaper, Berri said Israel has tried to "blow up" the Mechanism "from day one", despite its "lackluster performance" and its "failure to fulfill its role."

State Minister at the Qatari Foreign Ministry Mohammad al-Khulaifi held talks Monday in Lebanon with President Joseph Aoun, Speaker Nabih Berri and Deputy PM Tarek Mitri, after which he announced a major aid package for Lebanon.

“We announce an economic project to support the electricity sector worth $360 million,” Khulaifi said in a press conference at the Grand Serail.

Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said Monday that "Tripoli is not alone" as he inspected a building that collapsed Saturday in Tripoli's al-Qobbeh, killing at least two people, including a 66-year-old man and his daughter.

Emergency crews were still trying to rescue the last missing person who remains buried in rubble, after they managed to pull a mother and her 14-year-old son out alive during intense search operations.

The U.S. is pressing Lebanon to join a tripartite committee comprising Israel, Lebanon and the United States with the aim of holding meetings leading to agreements sponsored by Washington, al-Akhbar newspaper reported.

President Joseph Aoun held a meeting Friday in Baabda with Hashem Haidar, the head of the state-run Council for South Lebanon.

Haidar briefed the president on the measures taken by the council to assist the residents of the southern villages who have been affected by the Israeli attacks, the Presidency said in a statement.

President Joseph Aoun said he is incessantly urging the international community to pressure Israel to halt its attacks on Lebanon, and that Lebanon's priority is the return of the residents to their border villages and the release of detainees from Israeli prisons.

"Lebanon cannot be safe without the safety of its South," Aoun told Friday a delegation of the citizens displaced by war. "You are our people, and the state is obligated to assist you."

After two years of operations in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army’s 401st armored brigade completed its first brigade exercise on the northern border with Lebanon, the Israeli army said.

The Israeli military added that the exercise aims to maintain and strengthen readiness for “a variety of emergency scenarios and for the mission of protecting the communities on the Lebanese border.”