Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Saturday suggested a "roadmap" to end the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas.

"I have invited you today to discuss... a roadmap... that would begin by guaranteeing the complete, secure, fast and sustainable flow of humanitarian aid to Gaza's residents, followed by immediate negotiations over pacification and a ceasefire," al-Sisi said at the opening of a summit in Cairo with the leaders of regional countries and senior Western officials.

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said Saturday that Hezbollah "has decided to participate in the fighting" that is raging between Israel and the Gaza-based Hamas movement.

“Hezbollah has decided to participate in the fighting, and we are exacting a heavy price for this,” said Gallant during a visit to the border with Lebanon, referring to the deadly cross-border exchanges with the Iran-backed group that have been ongoing since the day that followed Hamas' Oct. 7 massive attack on Israel.

U.S. officials acted after they learned that the Israeli defense minister and other military officials supported a pre-emptive strike on Hezbollah, the New York Times has reported.

Biden met with Netanyahu and his war cabinet on Wednesday.

One Israeli soldier was killed Friday in clashes with Hezbollah on Lebanon's border, Israeli radio said, as the Israeli army announced it hit Hezbollah targets with airstrikes after rocket and anti-tank missile fire.

Israel on Friday ordered the 25,000 residents of the northern town of Kiryat Shmona to evacuate.

The UK Defense Senior Advisor to the Middle East and North Africa (DSAME), Air Marshal Martin Sampson, ended a two day visit to Lebanon 18-19 October 2023. This is part of his regional tour, including Egypt and Jordan -– to reassure and show support to the UK’s partners in the region including Lebanon, a British embassy statement said.

Air Marshal Sampson met with Army Commander General Joseph Aoun and caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati. In his messages he reiterated the UK’s "unwavering support to the people of Lebanon and the LAF (Lebanese Army)."

Hezbollah said Friday evening that it attacked Israeli troops and inflicted casualties in response to a deadly attack on journalists and civilians a day earlier.

Israel responded by shelling the outskirts of several Lebanese border towns, with Israeli media outlets reporting "fierce" clashes on the border.

Hezbollah executive council member Sheikh Nabil Qaouq on Friday stressed that all Lebanese must know that “the aggression against Gaza is an aggression against the entire region.”

Caretaker Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib on Friday met with the ambassadors of Norwary, Denmark, Finland, Sweden and Canada.

“I expressed Lebanon’s deep concern over the continuation of the aggression against Gaza for the fourteenth day, asking their nations to intervene through pressing Israel to halt the escalation,” Bou Habib said.

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Friday announced that “the government is carrying out all the diplomatic and political contacts to address the situations and halt the Israeli aggression.”

Army Commander General Joseph Aoun on Friday met at his office in Yarze with a delegation of assistants of U.S. Congress members, an army statement said.