U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday the ceasefire in Lebanon was "holding" despite a series of incidents between Israel and Iran-backed militants Hezbollah.

"The ceasefire is holding, and we're using the mechanism that was established when any concerns have arisen about any alleged or purported violations," Blinken told journalists on the sidelines of a NATO meeting in Brussels.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s Senior Adviser on Arab and Middle Eastern Affairs, Massad Boulos, has described the Lebanon-Israel ceasefire as “a historic agreement for both countries, the importance of which will be measured in the weeks and months to come.”

“It is very comprehensive and covers all the necessary points,” Boulos added, in an interview with French magazine Le Point.

Lebanese Health Minister Firas Abiad on Wednesday said the toll in more than a year of war between Israel and Hezbollah had reached 4,047 dead, most of them since September.

"Until now... we have recorded 4,047 dead and 16,638 wounded," Abiad told reporters a week after a ceasefire took effect. Most of the deaths occurred after September 15, he said, adding that "we believe the real number may be higher" due to unrecorded deaths.

French President Emmanuel Macron has called on both Israel and Hezbollah to respect the ceasefire in Lebanon.

The Lebanese Forces said Wednesday that Hezbollah must legitimize all its institutions, including the al-Qard al-Hassan financial institution, amid reports that Hezbollah will reopen its branches after being hit by Israeli airstrikes.

The Israeli army had targeted during more than 13 months of war in Lebanon branches of al-Qard al-Hassan in south and east Lebanon, and in Beirut and it's suburbs.

A U.S.-led committee that is supposed to monitor the ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel will hold its first meeting Friday, an informed source told local al-Joumhouria newspaper.

The committee also includes France, the U.N. peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon (UNIFIL), Lebanon, and Israel.

Israel's military confirmed it killed a senior member of Hezbollah responsible for coordinating with Syria's army on rearming and resupplying the Lebanese militant group.

Syrian state media said a drone strike on Tuesday hit a car in a suburb of the capital Damascus, killing one person, without saying who was killed.

In destroyed areas of southern Lebanon, residents clearing away rubble on Tuesday said they didn’t trust Israel to abide by the week-old ceasefire with Hezbollah.

“The Israelis are breaching the ceasefire whenever they can because they are not committed,” said Hussein Badreddin, a vegetable seller in the southern city of Nabatiyeh, which was pummeled by Israeli airstrikes over several weeks. “This means that they (can) breach any resolution at any time.”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday vowed to “restore peace and security” to northern Israel, at the beginning of a special, post-war government meeting in the northern city of Nahariya.

A U.S. military delegation inspected UNIFIL’s headquarters in Naqoura yesterday and met with the UNIFIL commander, al-Jadeed television reported on Tuesday.