Cabinet on Monday approved the diplomatic appointments and tackled an agenda of 49 items and other emergency issues, including the situations after the eruption of the Israeli-Iranian war.

A beekeeper was killed Monday when an Israeli drone bombed the southern border town of Houla, TV networks said.

Al-Jadeed TV said the slain person was beekeeping when he was targeted.

A first Romanian plane carrying Lebanese citizens who were stranded in Sharm el-Sheikh due to the Israel-Iran war arrived Monday morning at the Rafik Hariri International Airport.

President Joseph Aoun on Monday discussed with Ousmane Dione, World Bank Vice President for the Middle East and North Africa, and Jean-Christophe Carré, World Bank Regional Director, projects previously approved by the World Bank's Board of Directors and are still awaiting parliamentary approval.

President Joseph Aoun received a phone call Saturday evening from French President Emmanuel Macron during which they discussed “the rapid developments after the escalation of the Iranian-Israeli confrontations,” the Presidency said.

President Joseph Aoun on Saturday convened a security meeting to discuss the latest developments in light of the major escalation between Israel and Iran.

Lebanon’s National News Agency said Friday that an Israeli interception missile exploded over the southern Lebanese town of Ibl al-Saqi, as Israel’s Channel 14 said two interception missiles were fired at Iranian drones over Syria and Lebanon.

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Friday condemned Israel’s massive attack on Iran’s nuclear and missile facilities and top military leaders and nuclear scientists, saying Israel’s hostile actions in the region “represent a cross-border threat to independent countries and to international security and stability.”

Hezbollah chief Sheikh Naim Qassem warned Friday that Israel’s massive attack on Iran “will have major repercussions on the region’s stability, seeing as it will not pass without a response and punishment.”

Hezbollah warned Friday that Israel's strikes on its main foreign backer Iran "threaten to ignite the region".

The group, which fought a two-month war with Israel last year, condemned the "brutal Israeli aggression" against Iranian nuclear facilities and scientists and said Israel was "engaging in adventures that threaten to ignite the entire region".