Hezbollah on Monday announced it had begun distributing financial aid to Lebanese displaced by the group's latest war with Israel, despite efforts to dry up its funding sources.

Hezbollah’s entry into a war in support of Iran could open the door to a broad Israeli military escalation, U.S. diplomatic sources told the Nidaa al-Watan newspaper.

“This scenario includes invading into north of the Awali River; taking control of the cities of Nabatieh, Tyre and Sidon; imposing a blockade on the Rafik Hariri International Airport as well as the ports of Beirut and Tripoli; and broad destruction of Beirut's southern suburbs (Dahieh) -- which the sources described as ‘wiping it off the map,’" the daily said.

The negotiations between Lebanon and Israel have run into Israeli conditions and Lebanese reservations, media reports said.

“Things remain at a standstill pending the crystallization of the Israeli political landscape after the elections,” the Nidaa al-Watan newspaper reported on Monday.

Israeli forces launched a series of strikes across southern Lebanon on Monday, targeting the outskirts of Kounine, al-Mansouri, Majdalzoun, and Ibl al-Saqi with artillery fire, alongside airstrikes on al-Qsaïr and Kfar Tebnit.

In addition, Israeli forces opened fire with heavy machine guns toward Ibl al-Saqi, Wadi al-Hujair, and Wadi al-Slouqi, carried out detonations in Beit Yahoun and Bani Hayyan, and bulldozed homes and infrastructure in Zawtar al-Sharqiyeh.

Labor Minister Mohammad Haidar, who was named by Hezbollah, said Monday that his visit to Syria among a Lebanese ministerial delegation is “ministerial work that has nothing to do with any partisan background."

The statement was made from the Jdeidet Yabous crossing, following the arrival of the delegation in Syria led by Deputy Prime Minister Tarek Mitri.

The Israeli army is planning to occupy the three main southern cities of Tyre, Sidon, and Nabatieh, should Hezbollah intervene in an upcoming war with Iran, Israeli media said.

A report published Sunday in Maariv said the Israeli Navy could play a pivotal role in strikes on Lebanon, given that the Air Force would be occupied with operations against Iran.

President Joseph Aoun still has concerns that a third war might erupt between Israel and Hezbollah, despite new assurances from the Iran-backed group that it will not enter into any new confrontation that might break out between Tehran, the United States, and Israel, Asharq al-Awsat newspaper has reported.

"The source of the presidential anxiety is that he had received similar assurances prior to the second round of the war last March, which Hezbollah soon reneged on following the assassination of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei," the daily said.

Hezbollah will not escalate over the charges filed by Judge Claude Ghanem against 13 suspects in the Dahr al-Baidar explosives case and "a decision has been made to give political contacts a chance," political sources told the pro-Hezbollah daily al-Akhbar.

Israeli artillery shelled Friday Mayfadoun, Wadi al-Hujair, Kfarshouba and Hadatha in south Lebanon while forces set houses ablaze in al-Qantara, the National News Agency said.

Later in the day, Israeli forces carried out detonations in al-Teereh and Shebaa.

The Internal Security Forces announced Friday the arrest of a suspect in the murder of Father Samir Daou in the Jbeil district.

“The investigation is ongoing under the supervision of the competent judiciary,” ISF added.