Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has told his visitors that the latest legislative session and its extension of the army chief’s term have proven that “without consensus nothing can be achieved.”

“It is possible to apply the latest parliamentary scene to the presidential vote if there is a real consensus will among the parliamentary blocs,” Berri added.

Cabinet convened Tuesday and issued 14 laws previously passed in Parliament, including extending the army chief's term for a year.

On Friday, Parliament approved delaying for one year the retirement of senior officers at the head of the military and security services, including army chief Gen. Joseph Aoun who was set to retire in January.

Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil has noted that the extension of Army chief Joseph Aoun’s term has “removed the masks and showed the true faces” of the political forces that backed it.

Hezbollah targeted Tuesday the Metulla Israeli settlement with a guided missile as Israeli shells hit the outskirts of Rmeish, al-Khiam, Kfarkila, Mays al-Jabal, Blida and Houla.

Israeli warplanes carried out three airstrikes on the outskirts of Maroun al-Ras and drones heavily overflew Baalbek and the neighboring villages.

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati noted Tuesday that “74 days have passed of the tragedy of the war on Gaza, the recurrent attacks on south Lebanon, the casualties among civilians and human suffering as a result of criminality and genocide.”

Israel has told the Biden administration it wants Hezbollah's forces to be pushed roughly 6 miles (10 kilometers) from the border as part of a diplomatic deal to end tensions with Lebanon, three Israeli and U.S. officials told U.S. news portal Axios.

President Joe Biden's senior adviser, Amos Hochstein, and other U.S. officials have been working on trying to reach such a diplomatic solution but so far little progress has been made.

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has threatened Hezbollah for the umpteenth time, as the group continues to carry out daily rocket, missile and drone attacks on Israeli troops in northern Israel.

Israel’s army has drawn up plans to invade southern Lebanon, British newspaper The Times said Monday.

"What happened in the south (of Israel during Hamas' Oct. 7 attack) is nothing compared to what they could do here," a senior Israeli officer told The Times.

The Israel National Cyber Directorate accused on Monday Iran and Hezbollah of a cyber attack last month against Ziv Medical Center in the northern Israeli city of Safed.

The hack was partially successful, the INCD said.

Army Commander General Joseph Aoun hosted Marada Movement chief Suleiman Franjieh over dinner on Thursday evening, media reports said.