Protests were staged after Friday prayers in Muslim communities around the world — including Lebanon, Tehran, Baghdad, and Jordan — condemning Israel’s attacks on Gaza and showing support for Palestinians in the wake of the deadly surprise attack launched in southern Israel by the militant group Hamas on Oct. 7.

Lebanese and Palestinians protested across Lebanon, in Beirut's downtown and in its southern suburb, in Tyre, Sidon, Tripoli and Bekaa, following afternoon prayers Friday, in support of Palestine.

Iran's foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, who had arrived Thursday in the Lebanese capital Beirut, met Friday with Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati.

Abdollahian was received by Hezbollah and Hamas among other pro-Iran groups. He is scheduled to meet Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri in Ain el-Tineh before heading to Damascus.

UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Aroldo Lázaro has issued a statement on the recent exchanges of fire along the Blue Line.

Cabinet convenes today, Thursday, to discuss the situation in Gaza, after a surprise attack by Hamas on Israel killed more than 1,200 people in Israeli towns and communities around the enclave.

Israel has launched a withering air campaign killing around 1,200 people in Gaza, as it announced a "complete siege" on the strip, cutting off water, fuel and electricity supplies.

Hezbollah has announced that it will help residents repair their homes in the southern towns that witnessed Israeli shelling in recent days.

“The brutal Israeli aggression against south Lebanon over the past days led to the damage of a number of homes, shops, cars and other properties, especially in the towns of al-Dhayra, Marwahin and Yarin,” Hezbollah said in a statement.

Former Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat has asked U.S. president Joe Biden if "incinerating" the Palestinian people is acceptable, after the latter condemned Hamas' "brutality."

On the X platform, formerly known as Twitter, Biden compared Hamas to ISIS.

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian will begin Thursday a tour in the region that includes a visit to Lebanon, Iran’s ambassador said.

The ambassador, Mojtaba Amani, said that the visit comes “amid the current developments in Palestine and the crimes that are being committed against Gaza and their dangerous repercussions.”

Former Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat reiterated Wednesday his call on Hezbollah to stay out of the Israeli-Palestinian war.

"Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah is a key player in the region and I reiterate my appeal for him not to be dragged into the war," Jumblat told LBCI.

Hezbollah considered Wednesday the U.S. "a full partner to the Israeli aggression on Gaza," holding it fully responsible for the killing, siege, destruction, and massacres "against defenseless civilians, including children, women, and elderly."

"We were not surprised by the U.S. support for the Zionist aggression against the Palestinian people," Hezbollah said in a statement.

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea has said in an interview with MTV that the Lebanese opposition will “exert utmost effort” to prevent a major ignition of Lebanon’s southern front with Israel.

“We can do without adding to all the miseries of the Lebanese people,” Geagea said.