Cabinet convenes today, Thursday, to discuss the situation in Gaza, after a surprise attack by Hamas on Israel killed more than 1,200 people in Israeli towns and communities around the enclave.

Israel has launched a withering air campaign killing around 1,200 people in Gaza, as it announced a "complete siege" on the strip, cutting off water, fuel and electricity supplies.

Hezbollah has announced that it will help residents repair their homes in the southern towns that witnessed Israeli shelling in recent days.

“The brutal Israeli aggression against south Lebanon over the past days led to the damage of a number of homes, shops, cars and other properties, especially in the towns of al-Dhayra, Marwahin and Yarin,” Hezbollah said in a statement.

Former Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat has asked U.S. president Joe Biden if "incinerating" the Palestinian people is acceptable, after the latter condemned Hamas' "brutality."

On the X platform, formerly known as Twitter, Biden compared Hamas to ISIS.

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian will begin Thursday a tour in the region that includes a visit to Lebanon, Iran’s ambassador said.

The ambassador, Mojtaba Amani, said that the visit comes “amid the current developments in Palestine and the crimes that are being committed against Gaza and their dangerous repercussions.”

Former Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat reiterated Wednesday his call on Hezbollah to stay out of the Israeli-Palestinian war.

"Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah is a key player in the region and I reiterate my appeal for him not to be dragged into the war," Jumblat told LBCI.

Hezbollah considered Wednesday the U.S. "a full partner to the Israeli aggression on Gaza," holding it fully responsible for the killing, siege, destruction, and massacres "against defenseless civilians, including children, women, and elderly."

"We were not surprised by the U.S. support for the Zionist aggression against the Palestinian people," Hezbollah said in a statement.

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea has said in an interview with MTV that the Lebanese opposition will “exert utmost effort” to prevent a major ignition of Lebanon’s southern front with Israel.

“We can do without adding to all the miseries of the Lebanese people,” Geagea said.

Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil has warned against a return to the so-called “Fatah Land” era in south Lebanon, in the wake of the attacks launched by Palestinian groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad from south Lebanon.

“As much as we support the right of the Palestinian resistance to fight Israel on Palestine’s land, we refuse any use of Lebanese territory as a launchpad for military actions by any non-Lebanese party,” Bassil said on a post on the X platform.

Israel shelled south Lebanon Wednesday after Hezbollah fired rockets from the border area, the latest exchange on Israel's northern border as it battles Hamas militants in Gaza.

"The area around Dhayra is being bombarded by enemy artillery, while the area around Yarin is being hit with phosphorus shells," Lebanon's National News Agency said, earlier reporting "two rockets fired from Lebanese territory".

A fresh salvo of rockets was fired from south Lebanon towards Israel on Tuesday, prompting Israeli attacks on positions belonging to Hezbollah and retaliatory fire, in the third consecutive day of cross-border tensions.

The rocket launch, which was claimed by Hamas' armed wing, comes amid a raging war between Israel and the Hamas in and around the Gaza Strip.