Hezbollah deputy chief Sheikh Naim Qassem has stressed that Hezbollah is maintaining “very high preparedness” and that “the frontier in Lebanon will remain open as long as the aggression against Gaza continues.”

The Lebanese Forces accused Wednesday Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil of always obstructing the course of the state, after the latter strongly opposed the extension of the term of Army chief General Joseph Aoun, ahead of his planned retirement in January.

"Bassil is under the illusion that Lebanon is divided between those who support him and those who don't," the LF, which supports the extension of Aoun’s term, said in a statement, sarcastically adding that Bassil believes that there is a global conspiracy against him.

Hezbollah targeted Wednesday several Israeli posts including Malkia, Naqoura, Shumira, and Ramia after a calm morning in the border area in south Lebanon.

The Israeli army meanwhile struck several border towns including Jabal al-Bat, Aitaroun, Mhaibib, al-Labbouneh, al-Naqoura, al-Bustan, Merwahin, Ramia, al-Jebbayn, Yarine, Blida, Kfarshouba, al-Fardis, Rashaya al-Fokhar, al-Khiam and Maroun al-Rass with artillery shelling and warplane and drone missiles.

France's foreign minister Catherine Colonna will arrive Friday in Lebanon, al-Jadeed TV said Tuesday.

The TV station reported that Colonna will visit the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon in Naqoura on Saturday and will leave on the same day.

The Lebanese Forces on Tuesday noted that caretaker PM Najib Mikati’s call for a Cabinet session is “on the face of it aimed at extending General Joseph Aoun’s term but in reality aimed at blocking this extension.”

Change MP Najat Aoun is the most politically active representative in the Lebanese parliament, Gherbal Initiative -- a non-profit civil company that aims to make political data visually accessible to the public -- said in a report.

Five other Change MPs are within the top 10 in terms of political activity in submitting questions and inquiries to various governments, Gherbal Initiative said.

the Israeli artillery shelled Tuesday the outskirts of the southern Lebanese border towns of Aitaroun and Houla while empty areas between Beit Leef and Ramia were targeted by drones.

Hezbollah, for its part, targeted the Israeli posts of al-Raheb, Zariit, Khirbet Ma'ar and Malkia, and soldiers in the Jal al-Alam post. The attacks were direct hits and inflicted casualties, Hezbollah said.

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Monday said that Israel is open to reaching an agreement with Hezbollah if it includes a “safe zone” along the border and security guarantees.

Al-Arabiya TV and its Al-Hadath channel meanwhile quoted unnamed sources as saying that an agreement between Israel and Hezbollah might be “imminent.”

The head of Hezbollah’s executive council, Sayyed Hashem Safieddine, on Monday hinted that his powerful Iran-backed group does not want to expand the current border confrontations with Israel.

An Israeli minister on Monday issued a fresh threat against Hezbollah, which has been engaged in daily border skirmishes with Israel since the eruption of the Israel-Hamas war in October.