Israeli forces killed Ali Abd al-Qader Ismail, a Hezbollah commander. He was operating in southern Lebanon. Israel's Defence Minister Israel Katz pledged aid to Druze in Syria. A pro-Palestinian boat approached Gaza.

B EIRUT: The Lebanese health ministry said one person was killed in an Israeli strike on the south on Saturday despite a ceasefire, as the Israeli military said it targeted a Hezbollah rebel. “The Israeli enemy drone strike that targeted a vehicle” in Tyre district “killed one person”, a ministry statement said.

Washington cannot "compel" Israel to do anything, U.S. special envoy Thomas Barrack said in Beirut on Monday, in response to a reporter's question about Lebanese demands that the U.S. guarantees a halt to Israeli strikes on Lebanese territory.

Israel launched airstrikes across southern Lebanon, targeting alleged Hezbollah military infrastructure in at least eight locations.

Sheik Naim Qassem, Hezbollah's secretary-general, gave a speech where he rejected the idea of "giving up weapons" and assured that the war could be restarted in any moment. Hezbollah Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem rejected the idea that his terror organization will disarm following mounting pressure,

Israel's ongoing military strikes in Lebanon send a "clear message" to Hezbollah, Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday, accusing the Iran-backed Islamist group of seeking to rebuild its forces in violation of a ceasefire agreement.

Despite Israel's recent military gains and a rapidly changing Middle East, Lebanon remains wary of making peace with its long-time enemy, at least for now.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday that ongoing Israeli military strikes in Lebanon were a clear message to Hezbollah, which he said was plotting to rebuild raid capabilities against Israel through its elite Radwan Force.

Lebanon’s president and prime minister say their country must stay out of the conflict between Israel and Iran because any engagement would be detrimental to the small nation engulfed in an economic crisis and struggling to recover from the latest Israel-Hezbollah war.