Hezbollah chief Sheikh Naim Qassem on Monday warned against what he called “surrendering” the country to Israel.

“Those saying the resistance is a problem because it's not surrendering accept that the country be surrendered to Israel, whereas we do not accept that,” said Qassem in a televised speech marking the first anniversary of the assassination of Hezbollah spokesman and senior official Mohammad Afif.

Speaker Nabih Berri’s political aide MP Ali Hassan Khalil has visited Tehran for talks with a number of senior Iranian officials.

Khalil met with Iranian Supreme National Security Council chief Ali Larijani, Shoura Council Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.

The new U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa on Monday met with President Joseph Aoun and Foreign Minister Youssef Rajji and submitted his credentials to them, kicking off his mission in Lebanon.

A Presidency statement said Issa relayed U.S. President Donald Trump's greetings to Aoun and his keenness on boosting U.S.-Lebanese ties and developing them in all fields.

The Israeli army on Monday fired six mortar shells at the eastern outskirts of the southern border town of Aitaroun.

Homes and schools were earlier evacuated after the Lebanese Army informed Aitaroun's municipality about a possible Israeli strike.

The U.S. Embassy in Beirut has announced the November 14 arrival of U.S. Ambassador-Designate Michel Issa in Lebanon.

"Ambassador Issa had a distinguished former career in banking, where he spent two decades excelling as a currency trader, managing trading floors, and leading initiatives in credit and compliance before transitioning to a successful career in the automobile industry," the Embassy said in a statement.

The Israeli army on Friday claimed that it has managed to confirm that Hezbollah’s so-called Unit 121 was behind the 2023 “assassination” of Lebanese Forces official Elias Hasrouni in south Lebanon’s Bint Jbeil district.

“This comes contrary to the rumors spread by Hezbollah, which claimed that he was killed in a traffic accident. Hasrouni, aged 70 when he was assassinated, was known for his stance that fiercely opposes Hezbollah,” Israeli army Arabic-language spokesman Avichay Adraee said in a post on X.

Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Walid Bukhari on Friday said that “Lebanon is a message” and that “it is not a minor thing that Pope Leo’s first foreign visit will be to it.”

“Lebanon will witness great prosperity and I don’t see pessimism,” Bukhari added, during a visit to the headquarters of the Press Editors Syndicate.

French President's advisor Anne-Claire Legendre has reiterated during a visit to Lebanon her country's readiness to provide all the necessary maps and documents to facilitate the border demarcation between Lebanon and Syria, Foreign Minister Youssef Rajji said.

Meanwhile al-Jadeed TV reported that a Lebanese-Syrian meeting on the demarcation between the two countries will be held in December, under the auspices of the United Nations.

UNIFIL said Friday that its troops conducted last month a geospatial survey of a concrete T-wall erected by the Israeli army southwest of the Lebanese border town of Yaroun.

“The survey confirmed that the wall crossed the Blue Line, rendering more than 4,000 square meters of Lebanese territory inaccessible to the Lebanese people,” UNIFIL said in a statement.

The situations in the South “will change with the presence of the army,” whose strength “stems from its legitimacy and people’s embracement and firm confidence,” President Joseph Aoun said on Friday.

“The order for the army to confront any Israeli land incursion was aimed at sending a message to everyone that the army has become in charge of decisions in the South and is tasked with protecting it,” the president added.