U.S. envoy Tom Barrack promised President Joseph Aoun, Speaker Nabih Berri and PM Nawaf Salam to carry answers regarding their concerns when he returns to Lebanon after three weeks, a Lebanese official source told Asharq al-Awsat newspaper.

Hundreds of supporters of Hezbollah gathered in Beirut’s southern suburbs after Friday afternoon prayers to demonstrate in support of Tehran in the ongoing Israel-Iran war.

Demonstrators carried the Iranian, Lebanese and Palestinian flags as well as that of Hezbollah, and chanted "death to America" and "death to Israel." Some also chanted pledges of allegiance to Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who is revered as religious authority by many Shiite Muslims.

International envoys who traveled to Beirut and Tel Aviv have told Lebanon that “Israel does not intend to make any step as to halting its aggression” against Lebanon, al-Akhbar newspaper reported on Friday.

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea said Friday that only the Lebanese state "can act as it sees fit" after Hezbollah leader Sheikh Naim Qassem said that the militant group would "act as we see fit" in response to the ongoing war between Iran and Israel.

"Sheikh Naim, you cannot act as you see fit. Only the Lebanese government can do that because it represents the majority of the Lebanese people," Geagea said, adding that it is "absolutely unacceptable" for anyone to allow themselves to act as they like.

Israeli drones targeted Friday two locations in south Lebanon, killing at least one person.

A drone strike targeted a car on the outskirts of the southern town of al-Hibbariyeh hours after another strike targeted a car in al-Abbasiyeh.

U.S. special envoy for Syria Tom Barrack will visit former PSP leader Walid Jumblat after the latter was insulted by former U.S. Deputy Special Envoy for the Middle East Morgan Ortagus.

"Crack is whack, Walid," Ortagus wrote on the X platform after Jumblat described her conditions as "unrealistic."

Hezbollah will certainly not join the Israel-Iran war, the group's ally Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has reportedly told his visitors.

Berri's visitors told al-Jadeed, in remarks published Friday, that the speaker is "certain" that Lebanon will not join the war.

The decisions of war and peace in Lebanon “belong only to the state,” official Lebanese sources stressed Friday, after Hezbollah chief Sheikh Naim Qassem said Hezbollah is “not neutral” in the war between Israel and Iran and would act as it sees fit.

From Gaza and Lebanon to the Democratic Republic of Congo, violence against children in conflict zones reached "unprecedented levels" in 2024, a United Nations annual report said Thursday.

The report calls out Israel's military operations in Lebanon, where more than 500 children were killed or injured last year.

Israel’s defense minister Israel Katz on Friday warned Hezbollah against entering the Iran-Israel war, after the Islamic republic’s ally said it would act "as we see fit".

"I suggest the Lebanese proxy be cautious and understand that Israel has lost patience with terrorists who threaten it", Katz said in a statement, adding that "if there is terrorism -- there will be no Hezbollah."