Cabinet will meet on Thursday to discuss the army's progress in disarming Hezbollah south of the Litani River.
The ceasefire monitoring committee -- comprising Lebanon, Israel, the United States, France and U.N. peacekeepers -- is also set to meet this week.
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Despite Israeli strikes on the south of the country, people in Lebanon were enjoying winter weather and snow over the weekend.
Lebanese and tourists took to the slopes to ski resorts northeast of Beirut, rode chairlifts and sleds over the snow-covered slopes in Faraya and Kfardebian, snowboarded and skied, while others along Beirut's coastline were swimming and enjoying the sun.
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Israel's Foreign Minister Gideon Saar has acknowledged on X that the Lebanese government and army had made efforts to disarm Hezbollah but said "they are far from sufficient".
Saar met Sunday with U.N. Special Coordinator for Lebanon Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert.
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Hezbollah chief Sheikh Naim Qassem has said that his party wants Lebanon to be "sovereign, free, independent and capable."
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A judicial investigation into a sophisticated impersonation plot has sent shockwaves through Lebanon’s political establishment this week, as authorities peel back the layers of the “Abou Omar” scandal -- a years-long fraud that allegedly manipulated high-level government appointments and parliamentary votes.
The scandal peaked following the arrest of Mustafa al-Hassian by Lebanese Army intelligence agents. Al-Hassian, a car mechanic from the Akkar region, was apprehended while attempting to enter Lebanon from Syria.
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Prime Minister Nawaf Salam has stressed that Hezbollah’s weapons should be “under the command of all Lebanese and under the decision of the Lebanese government.”
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Deputy Prime Minister Tarek Mitri on Friday described as “alarming” the reports about figures from Syria’s former regime using Lebanon as a launchpad for activities hostile to Syria’s new rulers.
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Israel conducted Friday a series of strikes on south Lebanon and West Bekaa, including on al-Rihan mountains, the Tabna area near al-Baysariyyeh and Ansar's outskirts.
The Israeli army said it targeted a training center used by elite al-Radwan force and arms depots in south Lebanon.
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The Israeli Army is preparing options for action against Hezbollah, Israeli media reports said.
Israeli Maariv newspaper reported Friday that the options do not include an all-out war that would disrupt the ceasefire agreement, but a "limited offensive" or a series of high-intensity operations aimed at dismantling Hezbollah's long-range missile capabilities, which Israel claims are being rebuilt.
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President Joseph Aoun on Wednesday hoped the Lebanese will enter the new year with a more stable and hopeful atmosphere.
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