Deputy U.S. Special Envoy for Middle East Morgan Ortagus will arrive soon in Tel Aviv to meet with Israeli officials in a diplomatic bid to resolve several outstanding issues between Lebanon and Israel, Asharq al-Awsat newspaper said.

The daily said Monday that Ortagus will prepare a framework to the implementation of three sticking points -- the release of Lebanese prisoners, the remaining disputed points along the Blue Line, and the remaining 5 points where Israeli forces are still deployed.

MP Ali Fayad of Hezbollah said “the situation that Lebanon is going through in general, and the South in particular, requires wisdom and patience but at the same time firmness, resilience and courage.”

“Each stage has its necessities and requirements, and the Lebanese have agreed that the government manage the national stance in the face of the Israeli enemy’s hostile actions and repeated violations,” Fayad said at the funeral of a slain Hezbollah member.

Lebanese Defense Minister Michel Menassa will visit Syria on Wednesday to discuss recent tensions along the border between the two countries, a Lebanese official said.

"The defense minister will head a security delegation to Damascus to meet with his counterpart, Marhaf Abu Qasra," the official told AFP on Monday on condition of anonymity.

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas warned on Monday during a visit to Jerusalem that Israeli strikes on Syria and Lebanon threatened to worsen the situation.

"Military actions must be proportionate, and Israeli strikes into Syria and Lebanon risk further escalation," Kallas said at a joint news conference with Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar.

Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil announced Monday on the X platform that the FPM has submitted “a draft electoral law based on the Orthodox (Gathering) law with additions,” referring to a controversial 2013 proposal that calls for each sect to elect its own MPs under a proportional representation system based on a nationwide district.

President Joseph Aoun held a series of phone talks with the Americans over the past hours, following the most dangerous cross-border conflagaration with Israel since the last war, a media report said.

An Israeli drone targeted a car in a southern Lebanese town on Sunday, state media reported, a day after the most intense escalation since a November ceasefire.

France has condemned the rocket fire from Lebanese territory into Israel, but called on Israel to display "restraint" as it launched strikes in response.

Hezbollah denied firing rockets at Israel on Saturday, as Israel struck southern Lebanon in response to three rockets it said were launched from across the border.

Israel carried out a second wave of airstrikes in Lebanon on Saturday evening, including in the southern city of Tyre and the Bekaa region, in response to three rockets that were fired by unknown individuals from Lebanon at north Israel.

The Israeli strike on Tyre killed one person and wounded seven others, according to Lebanon's health ministry.