Hezbollah "has recovered and is now ready" to confront Israel in case of an attack on Lebanon, the group's leader Sheikh Naim Qassem said in a televised interview.

The interview was recorded on June 11 but only broadcast Tuesday on Lebanese pan-Arabist news channel al-Mayadeen.

U.S. envoy Tom Barrack has said that he expects a “breakthrough” in the talks with Lebanon about the U.S. paper related to Hezbollah’s arms, reforms and the relation with Syria, adding that President Joseph Aoun, Speaker Nabih Berri and PM Nawaf Salam have been “candid” and “honest” about their desire to cooperate.

The Israeli army said Wednesday its troops have recently destroyed alleged Hezbollah arms and infrastructure in Jabal Blat and al-Labbouneh in south Lebanon in "special, targeted operations".

In a statement, the Israeli army said it identified Hezbollah weapons and infrastructure in several areas in south Lebanon and destroyed them to "prevent Hezbollah from reestablishing itself in the area."

An Israeli drone strike on a car in the Sidon district town of Babliyeh on killed one person overnight Tuesday, the Health Ministry said.

An Israeli drone on Tuesday bombed a car in the al-Ayrouniyeh area near Tripoli, the first strike in north Lebanon since last year’s war, with the Israeli army saying the strike targeted a key Hamas member.

Prime Minister Nawaf Salam met Tuesday in Ain el-Tineh with Speaker Nabih Berri to discuss the general situations, the political and military developments and the outcome of U.S. envoy Tom Barrack’s visit to Lebanon, the National News Agency said.

Hezbollah has entered a state of maximum alert on its various military fronts in anticipation of a possible Israeli strike in the coming hours or days, unnamed sources told Al-Arabiya’s Al-Hadath channel.

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea and his wife MP Sethrida Geagea hosted visiting U.S. envoy Tom Barrack in Maarab for talks that were followed by a dinner meeting overnight Monday.

The Israeli army said Tuesday that its two drone strikes in south Lebanon a day earlier had killed “a commander in the Radwan Force and another Hezbollah … operative.”

U.S. envoy Thomas Barrack said Monday he was satisfied by the Lebanese authorities' response to a request to disarm Hezbollah, which was heavily weakened in a recent war with Israel.

"I'm unbelievably satisfied with the response," Barrack, Washington's ambassador to Turkey and special envoy to Syria, told a press conference after meeting President Joseph Aoun in Baabda.