Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that “the bombing on Lebanon is taking place according to the ceasefire agreement.”

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has called for a “dialogue” on the government’s decision to monopolize arms in the hands of the state, rejecting the manner in which Cabinet took its latest decisions on Hezbollah’s disarmament.

President Joseph Aoun said in an interview that U.S. envoy Tom Barrack’s paper “became a Lebanese paper” after Lebanon “introduced its remarks to it.”

President Joseph Aoun told visiting U.S. envoy Tom Barrack on Monday that Israel and Syria need to commit to the “joint declaration paper,” after Lebanon endorsed a U.S.-backed plan for Hezbollah to disarm.

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea said Hezbollah chief Sheikh Naim Qassem’s latest speech is “rejected in all standards.”

Prime Minister Nawaf Salam has accused Hezbollah chief Sheikh Naim Qassem of making "unacceptable" threats to unleash civil war, after the Hezbollah leader vowed to confront government plans to disarm his group.

Hezbollah chief Sheikh Naim Qassem on Friday accused the Lebanese government of "handing" the country to Israel by pushing for the group's disarmament, warning it would fight to keep its weapons.

Qassem spoke in a televised address several hours after meeting Iran's top security chief Ali Larijani, whose country has long backed the Lebanese armed group.

An Israeli drone targeted Thursday an excavator in the southern town of Yaroun as Israeli forces infiltrated Wadi Hounin, entering two Lebanese houses near Adeisseh.

Israel has kept up its strikes on Lebanon despite a November ceasefire that sought to end over a year of hostilities with Hezbollah, including two months of all-out war.

Chief of Staff of Israel's army Eyal Zamir who visited Wednesday a post in south Lebanon said Israel is in a "multifront war" not just with Gaza but also in Lebanon, Syria and Yemen.

"This morning, we approved plans for the conquest of Gaza, and now we are in Lebanon," he said.

Environment Minister Tamara al-Zein of the Amal Movement has revealed in an interview on Al-Jadeed TV that “the cabinet session in which the Lebanese Army will present its plan” for monopolizing arms across the country “will be held on September 2.”