The capitals concerned with the Gaza negotiations are saying that talks to end the war will begin in the final days of this week, al-Liwaa newspaper reported on Monday.

Authorities in Turkey are investigating eight bodies that washed up in the Mediterranean province of Antalya, including two found Monday on a beach in the vacation resort of Serik.

The Antalya governor's office said one body is believed to be a Turkish citizen who was reported missing. Authorities believe the seven other bodies discovered over the past week may be migrants from a boat that went missing off the coast near the Syria-Lebanon border last month on its way to Cyprus.

Hezbollah is maintaining its support for the presidential nomination of Marada Movement chief Suleiman Franjieh and it does not see any reason to change its stance, the pro-Hezbollah daily al-Akhbar reported on Monday.

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Monday said that Israel will not cease fire on Lebanon’s front without guarantees.

The “equation” with Hezbollah “must change," senior Israeli officers have said, suggesting Israel “announce it is holding fire for 48 hours but if one missile, rocket land inside Israel, massive disproportionate attack must be launched wreaking havoc on south Lebanon,” Israeli English-language news portal Ynetnews has reported.

"It’s time for a new equation," the Israeli officers said.

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has warned against Israel's attempts to drag Lebanon into a broader war.

In remarks published Monday in al-Joumhouria newspaper, Berri said that israel has expanded the scope of its attacks against Lebanon and is now hitting areas relatively far from the border, deliberately targeting civilians, threatening and promoting proposals that are rejected by Lebanon, such as pushing for Hezbollah to withdraw north of the Litani River, which lies about 30 kilometers north of the border.

Hezbollah attacked overnight through Monday two Israeli forces near the Zar'it post and the Abu Djaj heights and another group of soldiers at the Raheb post as Israel hit several areas of southern Lebanon.

Israeli warplanes struck a two-story house in Shihine and the southern towns of Tayr Harfa, Merwahin and al-Taybeh.

An Israeli strike Sunday on south Lebanon killed a Hezbollah fighter, with a security official saying the target was a high-level commander who survived.

Since the outbreak of war between Hamas and Israel on October 7, the Lebanese-Israeli border has seen near-daily exchanges of fire between Israel's army and Lebanon's Hezbollah, an ally of Gaza-based Hamas.

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Sunday urged Speaker Nabih Berri to call for successive electoral session to elect a new president “without waiting for any sign from abroad.”

“The election of a president is MPs’ first duty … while continuing to refrain from doing this duty is a blatant treason against the people’s confidence,” al-Rahi warned in his Sunday Mass sermon.

Two Hezbollah members were killed Saturday in an Israeli drone strike on their car in the southern town of al-Bazouriyeh near Tyre, some 20 kilometers from the nearest point of the border with Israel.