U.S. President Donald Trump announced that he has appointed Michel Issa, a Lebanese-American, as the new U.S. ambassador to Lebanon.

"I am proud to appoint Michel Issa as our United States Ambassador to Lebanon," he wrote in a post on the Truth Social platform.

A wave of Israeli airstrikes targeted the Jezzine, Tyre, Bint Jbeil and Sidon districts in south Lebanon on Friday evening, with the Israeli army claiming that it hit Hezbollah "combat equipment and rocket launchpads."

"A short while ago, the IDF (Israeli army) conducted intelligence-based strikes on military sites in southern Lebanon belonging to the Hezbollah terrorist organization in which weapons and rocket launchers belonging to Hezbollah were identified," the Israeli army said in a statement, adding that they "constituted a blatant violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon."

Three people were wounded Friday when Israeli forces opened fire at them near the Kfarkila wall in south Lebanon.

The gunfire wounded two members of the Hezbollah-affiliated Jihad al-Binaa Development Association and a Syrian man, the latter critically, the National News agency said.

The Lebanese Army said in a statement that “the Israeli enemy is continuing its territorial, naval and aerial violations against Lebanon’s sovereignty, the last of which was a series of attacks on citizens in the South and the Bekaa, the continued occupation of Lebanese territory, and continued breaches of the land border.”

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea has stressed that “it is impossible to achieve any reform or secure any stability without accomplishing full and real sovereignty.”

A group of Israeli settlers on Friday entered the al-Abbad tomb inside Lebanese territory, Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported.

President Joseph Aoun on Friday discussed the security situations in the country with Defense Minister Michel Menassa.

President Joseph Aoun and Speaker Nabih Berri held a meeting Friday at the Baabda Palace, amid reports that they would discuss the file of security appointments.

President Joseph Aoun told a Cabinet session on Thursday that “Cabinet possesses the authority of taking decisions, not parties or sects.”

Prime Minister Nawaf Salam announced Thursday after a cabinet session that the government has “launched a comprehensive reform plan based on the ministerial statement.”