The ceasefire monitoring committee, which includes representatives from the United States, France, Lebanon, Israel and the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), will meet on Wednesday.

Media reports said the meeting in Naqoura will be only military and will not be attended by civilian representatives. Last month, Lebanon and Israel appointed the first civilians to lead their delegations to the ceasefire monitoring committee, after a request from the United States.

Visiting U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix said on X that he met in Naqoura in south Lebanon with UNIFIL peacekeepers who are "carrying out their mandated tasks under increasingly difficult and dangerous conditions".

"Their daily work to support regional security and stability continues despite ongoing risks to their safety & security," Lacroix wrote Tuesday.

Israeli strikes on south Lebanon killed two people on Tuesday as Israel said it targeted Hezbollah operatives, a day before a new meeting of the committee monitoring a year-long ceasefire.

Israel has intensified its strikes on southern and eastern Lebanon in recent days, saying it has struck targets from both the Iran-backed Lebanese militant group and its Palestinian ally Hamas.

Israel's air force struck areas in southern and eastern Lebanon on Monday and early Tuesday, including in the country's third-largest city.

A strike around 1 a.m. Tuesday leveled a three-story commercial building in the southern coastal city of Sidon, a few days before Lebanon's army commander is scheduled to brief the government on its mission of disarming Hezbollah in areas along the border with Israel.

President Joseph Aoun on Tuesday condemned Israel's latest strikes on Lebanon, saying they undermine efforts to prevent escalation.

Aoun's criticism came after Israel launched a series of strikes in southern and eastern Lebanon on Monday, saying it hit Hezbollah and Hamas targets.

The Israeli military launched strikes on southern and eastern Lebanon on Monday, Lebanese state media reported, after warning it would hit what it called Hezbollah and Hamas targets in four villages.

The Association of Banks in Lebanon announced Monday that the government’s draft law on financial regulation and deposit recovery was issued “without any serious study of the figures required for its implementation.”

“If it were serious, the draft law should have been preceded by determining the size of the deficit, how it will affect the Central Bank of Lebanon and the banks, an accurate assessment of non-performing assets, the amount of funds required to repay the various deposit categories, and verification of the availability of the necessary liquidity,” ABL added in a statement after a meeting.

In a climate of escalating regional tensions, Hezbollah is exploring a diplomatic settlement aimed at neutralizing threats from the "Trump-Netanyahu" alliance, a media report said on Monday.

Recent discussions between Lebanese and Saudi figures during an Arab economic conference meanwhile focused on a strategic shift: activating a Saudi economic role in Lebanon, al-Joumhouria newspaper quoted “credible sources” as saying.

An Israeli drone strike on Monday targeted a Renault Rapid vehicle in the southern town of Braiqaa.

The Health Ministry said two people were wounded in the strike.

The Israeli army is preparing for fighting on four fronts -- Iran, Yemen, Lebanon and Gaza, an Israeli media report said.

The report, published Monday in Maariv, claimed that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held Sunday a security meeting that discussed Lebanon and the army's defense and attack readiness on all fronts.