Lebanese Ambassador to the U.S. Nada Hamadeh Moawad and Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Yechiel Leiter held a meeting overnight in the presence of U.S. State Department Counselor Daniel Holler.

President Joseph Aoun left for Paris on Wednesday, meeting an invitation from French President Emmanuel Macron to discuss the general situation in Lebanon and the region, as well as bilateral relations between the two countries.

Aoun will on Thursday join Macron and King Abdullah II of Jordan for the opening of the preparatory meeting for the international conference in support of the Lebanese Army and security forces.

Israeli forces carried out detonations on Wednesday in the southern border towns of Teeri and al-Mansouri while artillery shelled overnight into Wednesday Kfartebnit, Marjaayoun, Baraashit, and Wadi Zebqine.

Israeli strikes meanwhile targeted Wadi Zebqine and a region between Mayfadoun and Zawtar al-Sharqiyeh.

Former President Michel Aoun, represented by lawyer Wadih Akl, on Wednesday filed a criminal complaint, after media reports said the public prosecution has requested that he be indicted over the 2020 Beirut port explosion.

The second day of a general parliamentary debate session witnessed renewed verbal clashes between lawmakers from Hezbollah and political rivals.

“Go check what the Israelis said about Ali al-Taher. Shame on you,” MP Ihab Hamadeh of Hezbollah told his political foes, prompting MP Waddah Sadek to say, “Go check who brought the Israelis into the country!”

An Israeli force on Wednesday made an incursion into the southern town of Halta, where it blew up the house of the resident Abdallah Hatem Abdel-Al and kidnapped a resident.

The area had earlier been targeted by three Israeli artillery shells.

Israeli forces carried out overnight into Tuesday detonations in the border villages of Kounine and Kfartebnit, and struck Zawtar al-Sharqiyeh, Nabatieh al-Fawqa, al-Mansouri, Hanine, and al-Qantara.

In nearby al-Bayada in the Tyre District, forces set homes ablaze.

Parliament convened Tuesday to debate the government's general policy amid Israeli attacks on the country's south.

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said the session was held to debate the government performance and not to question the cabinet or hold a vote of confidence.

U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa on Tuesday visited the southern town of Zawtar al-Gharbiyeh, accompanied by a delegation from the state-run Council for Development and Reconstruction.

His first stop was the town’s church, which coincided with the movement of Israeli military vehicles in the adjacent town of Zawtar al-Sharqiyeh as an Israeli drone hovered over the area surrounding the church.

The Israeli army on Tuesday said it found ready-to-use rocket launchpads in the security zone in south Lebanon, noting that they were “left behind prior to the ceasefire taking effect.”

“During sweep operations in the area, the forces discovered a staging site containing a tunnel shaft belonging to Hezbollah” and “ready-to-use launch platforms,” the Israeli army said.