Lebanon’s official National News Agency says an Israeli strike in the southern Lebanon town of Ansar, north of Tyre, before dawn killed seven and wounded three others. Rescue teams are working to remove the rubble and transport the dead and wounded to hospitals in the Nabatieh area, NNA adds.

Hezbollah criticises Beirut’s approach, accusing officials of exposing the Lebanese army to risks and Israeli pressure.

According to reports from Lebanon, Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon continued, including artillery fire toward the Ali Taher area.

Hezbollah leader Sheikh Naim Qassem lashed out at the Lebanese officials Friday for accepting a U.S.-brokered framework agreement with Israel.

Beneath the shattered villages and scorched fields of southern Lebanon lies a quieter aftermath of war - contaminated land. Israel's war against Hezbollah in south Lebanon has poisoned soil and destroyed valuable ecosystems for generations to come.

US General Joseph Clearfield met on Friday with top officials in Beirut as part of follow up efforts with Lebanon and Israel on the military aspect of the framework agreement signed between the two countries in June.

Lebanese MP Ghada Ayoub told Lebanon’s Aljadeed TV that Lebanese citizens who sought refuge in Israel but did not participate in any military actions have the right to return to Lebanon.