Arab League assistant secretary-general Hossam Zaki has noted that his recent remarks on Hezbollah have been “misinterpreted.”

One person was killed Tuesday in an airstrike on the Tyre district town of Zalloutieh.

An Israeli drone also targeted al-Taybeh, damaging a power transformer in the town.

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati has said that he is “reassured” that a solution will be reached in the “coming days” for the Israel-Hezbollah conflict that has been raging for the past nine months.

“I am reassured that we will reach a solution in the coming days,” Mikati said at a Beirut waterfront ceremony for launching the 2024 summer tourism season.

Arab League Assistant Secretary-General Hossam Zaki, who had said during a visit to Beirut that the Arab League no longer views Hezbollah as a terrorist group, said Monday that the policy shift took place in May 2023.

During a Jeddah summit in May last year, a resolution describing Hezbollah as a terrorist group was amended, Zaki told local al-Jadeed TV station.

The Maronite church’s official spokesman, Walid Ghayyad, has noted that “communication between Bkerki and Hezbollah is continuous,” following the latest uproar over recent remarks by Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi.

“Had the patriarch considered Hezbollah terrorist, he would have ceased communication with it because he does not talk to terrorists,” Ghayyad told al-Jadeed television.

Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil has said that “we are all threatened today because of Israel.”

“We are all asking the same question: whether there will be a war or not,” Bassil added during a tour of the Akkar district, stressing that the FPM is “against any policy that brings war.”

Israeli warplanes raided overnight into Monday the southern border towns of Rab Tlatine, Kfarkila, and Blida and struck al-Bayyada, deeper in the Tyre district.

The Israeli army later shelled Kfarkila with white phosphorus bombs, causing fires.

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has said that Israel is “not looking for war” with Hezbollah and that a diplomatic solution is preferable, as the far-right Otzma Yehudit party indicated it would bolt the government if Israel shied away from launching a full-scale assault on the Iran-backed Lebanese group.

Nevertheless, Gallant reiterated that Israel is making preparations and planning for a wider conflict, and said the ball is in Hezbollah’s court.

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Saturday paid an inspection visit to war-hit south Lebanon.

Mikati started his tour at an army barracks in Tyre before inspecting official school exam centers and holding a meeting with health officials.

Hezbollah targeted Friday surveillance equipment in Birkat Risha in north Israel, a day after it announced four of its fighters had been killed.

Israeli artillery meanwhile shelled the outskirts of the southern coastal town of al-Naqoura, and warplanes raided a home in Shihin in the Tyre district.