Prime Minister Nawaf Salam announced Monday that he ordered the relevant authorities to prohibit the unauthorized use of the country’s touristic sites, after Hezbollah sparked controversy by announcing that it would briefly illuminate Lebanon’s iconic Raouche Rock with the images of slain leaders Hassan Nasrallah and Hashem Safieddine.

“Today, I issued a circular to all public administrations and institutions, municipalities, their unions, and all relevant agencies, regarding commitment to enforcing the laws governing the use of public land and sea properties, archaeological and touristic sites, official buildings, and landmarks that carry a unifying national symbolism,” Salam said in a post on X.

Saudi Arabia is willing to help Lebanon and support the Lebanese army, sources said, as Lebanon plans to disarm Hezbollah.

A Saudi-French conference will be held in Riyadh to secure financial and logistic support for the army to enable it to deploy in the area south of the Litani river, the PSP's news portal al-Anbaa said Monday.

U.S. envoy Morgan Ortagus took part in the meeting of the ceasefire monitoring committee on Sunday and listened to a detailed explanation about the army’s weapons monopoly plan from the Lebanese representative in the committee.

“Lebanon’s envoy to the committee called on Ortagus to put an end to Israel’s continued attacks against Lebanon and to press Israel to withdraw from the points it is occupying, because its continued occupation and security violations will lead to obstructing the army’s deployment in the South Litani region,” security sources told the PSP’s al-Anbaa news portal.

As peace along the Blue Line remains a “shared aspiration,” Lebanese officials and local leaders joined UNIFIL peacekeepers today, Monday in marking the International Day of Peace, which fell on Sunday, September 21, at the U.N. mission’s headquarters in Naqoura, UNIFIL said.

Next year will be “decisive” and Israel will “intervene in Lebanon” if no “practical measures” are taken against Hezbollah’s arms, an Israeli security source said on Monday.

“If Hezbollah is not disarmed, Israel will expand its activities inside Lebanon,” the source told Saudi Arabia’s Al-Arabiya television.

U.S. envoy to Syria, Tom Barrack, has said that everything Lebanon is doing is talk without real action.

He told Sky News Arabia in an interview Sunday, that Israel will not withdraw from the five occupied points and that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu doesn't care about borders or red lines if he feels Israel is threatened.

President Joseph Aoun has condemned the Israeli drone strike that killed five civilians including children in Bint Jbeil as a "massacre" and called on the international community to press Israel to respect the ceasefire.

"As we are in New York to discuss matters of peace and human rights, Israel continues its ongoing violations of international resolutions," Aoun said, according to a presidency statement on X.

An Israeli drone strike in southern Lebanon killed five people Sunday, including three children, Lebanon's Health Ministry said. Two others were wounded, including the mother in the family.

The state-run National News Agency reported that the strike, near Bint Jbeil, had targeted a motorcycle.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel's war with Hezbollah had created the possibility for peace with Lebanon and Syria.

Syria and Israel have technically been at war since 1948, but the two states opened direct negotiations after the ouster of long-time ruler Bashar al-Assad, and hope to finalize security and military agreements by the end of this year, a Syrian official said this week.

Lebanese officials have been informed of a one-month deadline for settling the arms file, a media report said.