As Israel and Hezbollah trade near-daily cross-border fire in a relatively contained tit-for-tat fire, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea considers that Hezbollah is taking the decision of war, bypassing the state.

After admitting that the opposition cannot do anything about it in an interview in L'Orient Le-Jour, Geagea called on Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati to ask all "militants" to withdraw from the border, where daily clashes are taking place.

Marada Movement chief Suleiman Franjieh told reporters after his meeting with Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil on Wednesday that he is carrying on with his presidential nomination, a media report said on Thursday.

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Kataeb Party chief Sami Gemayel has lamented that “Lebanon is hijacked” and that “the legitimate Lebanese authorities do not have any decision in their hands,” amid the daily clashes between Hezbollah and Israel on the border.

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea has criticized an initiative launched by Free Patriotic leader Jebran Bassil to unify the Lebanese stance against the risk of war, dubbing it "an empty posturing".

In an interview published Wednesday in L'Orient Le-Jour, Geagea admitted that the opposition cannot do anything anymore to protect Lebanon from the risk of joining the Israel-Hamas war, as he said that it is Hezbollah, and not the Lebanese state, that is taking the war and peace decision.

Former Progressive Socialisty Party leader Walid Jumblat has warned that Lebanon might be “dragged into a war that might be harsher than the 2006 war.”

Eleven Hezbollah fighters have been killed in the past 24 hours, as Israel and Hezbollah exchanged fire along the border.

An Israeli drone fired Wednesday two missiles at the outskirts of Kfarshouba as Hezbollah targeted the Branit barracks and another Israeli post facing Naqoura.

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has urged "all parties" to cease fire to prevent further harm.

On the U.N. 78th anniversary Tuesday, UNIFIL did not celebrate the way it did in the past years due to the current security situation.

Former Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat on Tuesday said that Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil is playing an “important role,” in reference to the FPM chief’s meetings with the country’s leaders.

Jumblatt said that he along with Prime Minister Najib Mikati and Hezbollah ally Speaker Nabih Berri, are in agreement that the war shouldn't further expand into the tiny Mediterranean country. Jumblatt said that he held calls with top Hezbollah security officials on the matter.

French President Emmanuel Macron who visited Israel on Tuesday said Hezbollah in Lebanon, Iran itself and the Houtis in Yemen, among others, must not take the risk of opening a new front.

Macron said he warned “potential terrorist groups" to stay out of the fight, and “clearly warned Hezbollah with direct messages.”