Hezbollah targeted Friday groups of soldiers and officers near the Shumira barracks and the Even Menachem settlement and an Israeli infantry force in Metulla while Israeli warplanes carried out airstrikes on al-Labbouneh.

The Israeli artillery also shelled Rab Tlatine, Jabal Blat, al-Jebbayn, Tayr Harfa, al-Naqoura, Houla, Mays al-Jabal, and Aita al-Shaab.

Caretaker Defense Minister Maurice Slim was meeting Thursday with caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati in talks aimed at healing the rift between the two officials, al-Jadeed TV said.

The impacts of the Israel-Hamas war are set to push crisis-hit Lebanon's economy back into recession, the World Bank said Thursday, blaming mainly a "shock to tourism spending".

Lebanon's southern border has seen regular exchanges of fire, mainly between the Israeli army and Hezbollah, since the Gaza conflict erupted on October 7.

Outgoing U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Dorothy Shea has met with a number of Lebanese leaders on the occasion of the end of her diplomatic service in Lebanon.

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea is ready for consensus on a new president through bilateral talks.

Geagea said Thursday in a statement, in response to remarks by Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri about the urgent need to elect a president, that consensus can be reached through "calm bilateral consultations" and not through a "theatrical" dialogue table.

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has warned against a further delay in electing a president.

"A president must be elected within the next few weeks," Berri told al-Joumhouria newspaper in remarks published Thursday.

Israeli strikes killed a woman in her eighties in a south Lebanon village early Thursday morning, Lebanese state media said, with rescuers confirming the death to AFP.

"Hostile bombing on the town of Maroun al-Ras this morning killed a woman and wounded her husband," Lebanon's official National News Agency (NNA) said.

The Israeli army struck Thursday the outskirts of several border towns including Yaroun, Aita al-Shaab, Aitaroun, Maroun al-Rass and Kfarkila, killing a woman in her eighties in Maroun al-Rass.

Israeli warplanes had carried out airstrikes deep inside Lebanon late Wednesday evening, hitting a forested area near the town of Bouslaya, more than 20 kilometers from the border, Lebanese state media reported.

A high-ranking member of Hezbollah's Islamic Jihad Organization was charged with terrorism offenses, including the bombing of a building in Argentina in 1994 that killed 85 people, in an indictment unsealed Wednesday in Manhattan federal court.

Samuel Salman El Reda, 58, who remains at large and is believed to be in Lebanon, was described by federal authorities as the leader of terrorist activity carried out by Hezbollah since at least 1993.

The European Union has announced an additional 40 million Euros contribution to the education sector in Lebanon to ensure that vulnerable children continue receiving quality education.

"This new support, which will be implemented by UNICEF, will help the most marginalized boys and girls aged 3-18 years in accessing education, by reducing enrollment barriers.," the Delegation of the European Union to Lebanon said in a statement.