Israeli army spokesperson Avichay Adraee criticized "Hezbollah's supporters" who attacked Lebanese President Joseph Aoun after the latter condemned a mass shooting at a Jewish holiday event that killed at least 11 people in Sydney.

Adraee said those who "live on the rhetoric of death see a threat in every humanitarian stance."

Israeli army chief Eyal Zamir has conducted a situation assessment at Israel's Northern Command.

“In a short period, we eliminated the Hezbollah commander (Haitham Tabatabai) and the head of Hamas' manufacturing division. We will not allow the enemy to expand and will respond to any violation of the agreement. Our policy is clear, in all arenas, and here in Lebanon -- we will continue to act and thwart threats before they develop,” Zamir told troops and officers.

Ali Akbar Velayati, the international affairs advisor to Iran's supreme leader, met with Hezbollah’s representative in Iran Abdallah Safieddine on Sunday and stressed that Tehran will continue to firmly support Hezbollah.

Hezbollah is “one of the most important pillars of the resistance front and is playing a key role in confronting Zionism,” Velayati said.

Israel resumed drone strikes on south Lebanon on Sunday, after an apparent suspension that followed its assassination of Hezbollah military chief Haitham al-Tabatabai in a Beirut southern suburbs raid.

The Israeli military said it would "temporarily" suspend a strike planned for Saturday that was intended to target what it described as Hezbollah military infrastructure in southern Lebanon.

President Joseph Aoun has said that the latest remarks attributed to U.S. envoy Tom Barrack are "rejected by all Lebanese."

Prime Minister Nawaf Salam held a meeting Friday at the Grand Serail with MPs Amin Sherri and Hassan Fadlallah of Hezbollah.

Following the meeting, Fadlallah stated: "My colleague and I met with Prime Minister Nawaf Salam to discuss a range of issues of concern to all Lebanese, especially as we continue to witness this ongoing Israeli aggression against our country, as happened today and as happens on most days.”

U.S. President Donald Trump has said that there are “countries that wanna come in and take care of Hezbollah in Lebanon.”

“And I say that right now you don’t have to do that -- you may have to do that. We have countries that are volunteering to literally come in and take care of the whole thing. We have great peace in the Middle East, it’s never happened before, and I think it’s very strong actually,” Trump told reporters at the White House.

Lebanon has received warnings from Arab and international parties that Israel is preparing for a large-scale military operation against Lebanon, Foreign Minister Youssef Rajji said Friday.

"We are intensifying our diplomatic contacts to protect Lebanon and Lebanese facilities from any Israeli strike," the LF minister told Qatari al-Jazeera news channel, adding that Lebanon is currently far from a peace treaty with Israel.

President Joseph Aoun announced Friday that the return of the Lebanese captives held in Israel “represents a priority in the negotiations,” adding that “contacts are ongoing for their release.”