Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil on Tuesday strongly criticized Hezbollah in the wake of Sheikh Naim Qassem’s latest remarks about supporting Iran.

“The basis of the Memorandum of Understanding (between the FPM and Hezbollah) was to Lebanonize Hezbollah’s choices and weapons through partnership, state building and defending Lebanon,” Bassil said in a post on the X platform.

A man was killed Tuesday in an Israeli airstrike on his motorcycle in the southern town of Batoulay.

The Israeli army said it has targeted a Hezbollah member in the southern town of Deir Qanoun.

Retired soldiers gathered Tuesday at Beirut's Riad al-Solh Square in downtown Beirut to protest their salaries that have become too low to cover basic expenses, as parliament convened to discuss the 2026 budget.

The retirees also demanded better healthcare services and education for their children. They blocked the entrance to parliament, sparring with some MPs who tried to enter in their cars.

Three people were killed on Monday in Israeli strikes -- one in the southern city of Tyre and two later in Kfar Rumman near the city of Nabatiyeh.

Hezbollah's Al-Manar television said the Tyre strike killed Sheikh Ali Noureddine, "who previously worked at Al-Manar channel as a presenter of religious programs".

Hezbollah chief Sheikh Naim Qassem said Monday that Hezbollah will not remain “neutral” should Iran come under a new attack, but added that it would choose whether to intervene or not at the appropriate time.

“When (U.S. President Donald) Trump threatens (Iran’s supreme leader) Imam (Ali) Khamenei, he is threatening tens of millions who follow this leader,” Qassem said via video link during a Hezbollah rally in solidarity with Iran.

The Lebanese Army is dismantling Hezbollah’s military infrastructure in south Lebanon on its own, without help from Hezbollah, head of the Lebanese delegation to the ceasefire monitoring committee Simon Karam told al-Hadath channel.

Karam said Monday that Hezbollah has not given any information about its weapons and facilities to the Army and that the army is working alone in the south.

The U.S. Embassy in Beirut and the U.S. embassy in Israel are “committed to Lebanon and Israel moving towards a sustainable and effective peace through diplomacy and dialogue,” the U.S. Embassy in Beirut said on X.

“This weekend, they were hosted by @USEmbassyJordan where they discussed steps needed for a more peaceful and prosperous region,” the Embassy added.

An Israeli drone targeted Monday a car on the Tyre-Hosh road, killing one person and wounding two others, as Israel seemed to intensify its strikes on south and east Lebanon.

The Israeli army said it targeted a Hezbollah member in the region of Tyre in south Lebanon.

President Joseph Aoun on Monday met in Baabda with Foreign Minister Youssef Rajji and discussed with him the developments in the South in light of the ongoing Israeli attacks and the current diplomatic efforts to counter them.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, through Lebanon’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York, meanwhile sent a letter to the Security Council and the U.N. Secretary-General, which included a complaint regarding the continued Israeli violations of Lebanese sovereignty over the past months. The Ministry requested that this complaint be issued as an official document of the Security Council and the General Assembly and distributed to all U.N. member states.

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has accused Israel of trying to sabotage the ceasefire monitoring committee.

In remarks, published Monday in al-Joumhouria newspaper, Berri said Israel has tried to "blow up" the Mechanism "from day one", despite its "lackluster performance" and its "failure to fulfill its role."