British Ambassador to Lebanon Hamish Cowell visited Thursday Lebanon's eastern borders with Syria to see first-hand the UK's efforts to support the Lebanese Armed Forces' (LAF) enhanced border security capabilities.

"This visit underscores the UK's commitment to strengthening LAF capabilities in extending state authority over its border with Syria, countering smuggling activities, and safeguarding local communities," the British Embassy said in a statement.

Speaker Nabih Berri on Thursday called on southerners to vote heavily in Saturday’s municipal and mayoral polls, especially in towns near the border, to tell Israel that “these dear towns will only be Lebanese.”

“The human is Lebanon’s capital and participation in everything that creates the life of the state and society is the path toward freedom, justice and development,” Berri said in an appeal.

As Lebanon suffered a war last year, Ali Chahrour was determined to keep making art, creating a performance inspired by the plight of migrant workers caught up in the conflict.

Months after a ceasefire largely halted the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, Chahrour's work premiered in Beirut in early May with plans to take it to stages across Europe including at France's famed Avignon Festival.

The government must set a timeframe not exceeding a few weeks to collect Palestinian arms inside and outside camps and become in charge of security, Lebanese Forces Samir Geagea said Thursday as Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas visited Lebanon.

Abbas and Lebanese President Joseph Aoun agreed that Palestinian factions won't use Lebanon as a launchpad for any attacks against Israel, and to remove weapons that aren't under the authority of the Lebanese state.

Deputy U.S. Envoy for the Middle East Morgan Ortagus has postponed her visit to Lebanon until next month, pro-Hezbollah al-Akhbar newspaper said.

The daily reported Thursday that the presidency has been informed of the postponement of Ortagus' visit from May to June, adding that the reason might be President Joseph Aoun's busy schedule.

Wednesday’s talks between President Joseph Aoun and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas led to a “roadmap for addressing the crisis of Palestinian camps in Lebanon on all levels, especially as to the issue of chaos, arms proliferation and the transformation of some camps into havens for outlaws,” al-Binaa newspaper reported on Thursday.

An Israeli strike targeted Thursday the southern town of Rab Tlatine, a day after the Israeli army said it killed three Hezbollah operatives in attacks on three different locations in south Lebanon.

An Israeli drone had also targeted overnight prefabricated residential units in the southern border town of Mhaibib.

MP Hussein al-Hajj Hassan of Hezbollah on Thursday lamented that Israel carried out several deadly attacks in south Lebanon on Wednesday while “the world and the five-member committee are standing idly by and while the Lebanese state has not done anything until the moment.”

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri met Thursday with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ain el-Tineh.

Abbas had arrived Wednesday in Beirut beginning a three-day visit to Lebanon, his first in seven years.

Irish rappers Kneecap on Thursday denied supporting a proscribed group and vowed to "vehemently defend ourselves" after a member of the band was charged with a terror offence for allegedly displaying a Hezbollah flag at a London concert.

"We deny this 'offence' and will vehemently defend ourselves. This is political policing. This is a carnival of distraction," the band said on X.