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Consultations between President Joseph Aoun, Speaker Nabih Berri and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam have led to agreements over security appointments, which will be approved in one batch in Thursday’s cabinet session, media reports said.

The Israeli military said Tuesday it had carried out an air strike against several Hezbollah militants in the area of Froun in southern Lebanon, in addition to an earlier attack in the area of Nabatiyeh.
"Earlier today (Tuesday), several terrorists were identified in a site used by Hezbollah in the area of Froun in southern Lebanon. An IAF (air force) aircraft struck the suspects," the army said in a statement.

The ceasefire monitoring committee met for the sixth time in Naqoura Tuesday. UNIFIL hosted the meeting, with the United States serving as chair, and was joined by France, the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and the Israeli army.
The attendees discussed advancing the full implementation of U.N. Security Council Resolution 1701, the full implementation of the November 26, 2024, Cessation of Hostilities arrangement, and next steps for addressing outstanding issues between Israel and Lebanon.

Lebanon received on Tuesday four detainees who had been taken into custody by Israel during the war, the presidency said, with a fifth to be released the Wednesday.
"Lebanon received four Lebanese prisoners who were detained by Israeli forces during the last war, and a fifth prisoner will be handed over tomorrow (Wednesday)," the presidency said in a statement Tuesday.

Israel and Lebanon have agreed to open negotiations to resolve longstanding disputes over the land border between them, two U.S. officials told U.S. news portal Axios in remarks published Tuesday.
"The Trump administration successfully pushed the two sides to come to the table just months after Israel invaded Lebanon as part of its war against Hezbollah. The border talks are intended to help stabilize the ceasefire brokered by the Biden administration last November," Axios said.

The United States announced Tuesday that it will be “bringing together Lebanon and Israel for talks aimed at diplomatically resolving several outstanding issues between the two countries.”

Israel said on Tuesday that it had agreed to release five captive Lebanese citizens as a goodwill gesture to Lebanon’s “new president” Joseph Aoun.

Prime Minister Nawaf Salam held a meeting Tuesday with President Joseph Aoun in Baabda, reportedly over the issue of security appointments.

The Lebanese Forces has blasted Deputy Prime Minister Tarek Mitri over remarks that he voiced regarding the thorny issue of Hezbollah’s weapons, accusing him of disregarding “the Taif Agreement, the U.N. resolutions, the latest ceasefire agreement, the presidential inauguration address and the ministerial statement.”

An Israeli drone bombed a car on the Roumine-Wadi Deir al-Zahrani road in south Lebanon on Tuesday, killing one person.
The Israeli army radio said the target of the strike was a member of Hezbollah's "aerial defense unit."
