Lebanon's health ministry said an Israeli air strike overnight in southern Lebanon killed 10 Syrians, as the Israeli military reported hitting "weapons stores" of Hezbollah.

Egypt’s foreign minister said Friday that an immediate cease-fire in the Gaza Strip is needed to stop an escalation that could push the region into a wider war.

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea on Friday accused the caretaker government of committing “high treason” due to “what’s happening in the south.

The smell of fuel wafts from storage tanks to Dovi Sonny's apartment -- a long-time irritant, and now a major worry after Hezbollah revealed that the facility in northern Israel was in its sights.

Sonny, 66, has no idea what would happen should a rocket hit one of the towering circular containers about 100 meters (yards) from his building in Haifa.

Hezbollah has issued a statement commemorating the end of the 2006 war with Israel, saying it would continue "to defend Lebanon" despite "ongoing Israeli threats and assassinations."

Hezbollah's deputy chief Sheikh Naim Qassem meanwhile said that U.S. mediator Amos Hochstein's visit Wednesday to Lebanon was "for show," although Speaker Nabih Berri, a Hezbollah ally, expressed relief over the visit.

Hezbollah on Friday released a video showing what appeared to be underground tunnels and large missile launchers, amid fears of all-out war between the Iran-backed group and Israel.

The release comes as negotiators seeking a Gaza ceasefire were to meet for a second day in Qatar, and amid intensified diplomatic activity in Lebanon seeking to avert a broader conflict.

Ten months of cross-border violence between Hezbollah and Israeli forces has killed senior commanders and several hundred fighters from the Iran-backed group, causing destruction and displacing tens of thousands on both sides.

Hezbollah has seen more fighters killed since October than when it last went to war with Israel in the summer of 2006.

Israeli firefighters Thursday were battling back blazes ignited by rockets from Lebanon, fire officials said.

Five trucks of firefighters spent the afternoon putting out a fire in the Upper Galilee, near Kibbutz Shamir, Israeli fire spokesperson Isaac Ben-David told The Associated Press.

France’s top diplomat Thursday met with top Lebanese officials in Beirut, as the region anticipates a retaliatory attack on Israel from Iran and Hezbollah and as negotiations for a cease-fire in the war-torn Gaza Strip recommenced in Qatar.

“We are all concerned about the regional situation. Our message is simple which is de-escalation,” said French Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné following a meeting with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri.

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has said that U.S. mediator Amos Hochstein's visit to Lebanon on Wednesday has created "positivities that can be capitalized on."