Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Monday Iran and Hezbollah not to "test" Israel in the north.

"I tell Iran and Hezbollah not to test Israel or else they will pay a huge price," Netanyahu said, adding that Israel is prepared for a war on the northern front.

A five-story building collapsed Monday in the northern Metn town of Mansourieh, trapping several residents under the rubble.

Civil Defense chief Raymond Khattar said three residents were rescued unhurt while two were still under the rubble. MP Razi al-Hajj meanwhile said he has a list with the names of six citizens and a foreign domestic worker who are still under the rubble according to his sources.

The Lebanese army said Monday search operations have led to the discovery of 20 rockets launchers near the Lebanon-Israel border.

The army said in a statement that four of the launchers discovered had rockets inside them and were ready to be fired.

Officials from Egypt, Turkey and Qatar have informed several sides in Gaza and Beirut that there are strong efforts to resolve the humanitarian file amid the ongoing war and siege on Gaza, a media report said.

“These (humanitarian) steps will be imposed on the Israelis and the talks that took place with the U.S. side have focused on this step,” al-Akhbar newspaper quoted the officials as saying.

The U.S. has promised military assistance in case of an attack by Hezbollah on Israel but demanded that Israel not attack Lebanon first, Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth said.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin met with a number of Israeli officials during his recent visit to Israel.

Lebanese and international parties have ruled out an all-out war between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon, a media report said.

“Local and international forces reassured those who asked them yesterday about the possibility of the ignition of the (Lebanese) southern front, noting that the current circumstances make such a battle unlikely,” ad-Diyar newspaper quoted highly informed Lebanese sources as saying, in remarks published Monday.

Caretaker prime minister said Monday the country's politically paralyzed government has been scrambling to ease tensions along its southern border with Israel and avoid dragging the tiny country into a new war.

Najib Mikati has spoken by phone with top U.S. officials and heads of state and top diplomats from the United Kingdom, France, Turkey, Qatar, Jordan, and Italy.

Hezbollah said Monday it has started destroying surveillance cameras on several Israeli army posts along the border as tension rose following the Israel-Hamas war that began Oct.7.

Hezbollah's military media arm released a video showing snipers shooting at and destroying surveillance cameras placed on five points along the Lebanon-Israel border including one outside the Israeli town of Metula.

The World Health Organization has sent two shipments of medical supplies to Beirut in preparation for a potential escalation of the so-far sporadic clashes on the border between armed groups in Lebanon and Israeli forces.

The U.N. agency said in a statement Monday that it “has expedited the delivery of critical medical supplies to Lebanon in order to be ready to respond to any potential health crisis.”

Fears that the Israel-Hamas conflict might spread were growing Monday, with Israeli troops poised to launch a ground offensive into Gaza, Tehran saying that if it does so "no one can guarantee control of the situation," and Washington expressing fears of possible Iranian involvement.

Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian issued the Iranian warning during an official visit Sunday to Qatar, adding that unless what he called the "barbaric attacks" on citizens and civilians in Gaza are stopped, the crisis may expand.