U.S. President Donald Trump has confirmed that he would like to see Israel withdraw from “parts of Lebanon.”

MP Hassan Fadlallah of Hezbollah on Wednesday noted that the latest Israeli war on Lebanon was “premeditated and planned” in advance, suggesting that Israel attacked south Lebanon to “occupy and destroy the area south of the Litani River, seize it, expel its inhabitants, and establish settlements, just as the enemy did in Palestine and in 1967 in the West Bank, Gaza, and the Golan Heights.”

Israeli forces carried out huge detonations at dawn and in the morning in a number of valleys and homes in the southern towns of Beit Yahoun, Khiam and al-Qantara.

President Joseph Aoun told a delegation from the Orthodox Gathering on Wednesday that "the framework formula is the best possible option and has begun to yield results.”

Lebanese Presidency sources said Tuesday that the Rome talks between Lebanon and Israel were discussing the issue of the so-called pilot zones in order to issue a decision regarding them.

Commenting on the renewed confrontation between Tehran and Washington, Speaker Nabih Berri has said that "the atmosphere in the region is negative and gloomy as a result of the current escalation," expressing hope that it "will be contained before it worsens, especially since there is ultimately no alternative to returning to negotiations and the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding."

Israeli artillery shelling on Tuesday targeted the Wadi al-Hujeir valley in southern Lebanon.

President Joseph Aoun on Tuesday deplored Iran’s attacks against several Gulf states and Jordan -- which followed U.S. strikes on the Islamic republic -- as well as an attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels against an airport in southern Saudi Arabia that followed an attack on Sanaa’s airport.

President Joseph Aoun visited Doha on Tuesday to offer condolences to Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani over the death of his father, the late emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani.

President Joseph Aoun vowed Monday not to compromise on Lebanon's sovereign rights or the security of its southern border, ahead of crucial regional negotiations in Rome.

Aoun insisted on a full Israeli withdrawal from all Lebanese territories and a written commitment from Israel that it has no ambitions in Lebanon.