Hezbollah chief Sheikh Naim Qassem: We joined the fighting while counting on Iran and this is cleverness, and Israel has no choice but to withdraw from Lebanon. 3 minutes

Israeli ambassador to U.S. at start of talks with Lebanon: Hezbollah feels strong and emboldened. 19 minutes

Al-Jadeed: President Aoun held separate calls with Berri and Salam and put them in the picture of his talks with Vance and Rubio. 1 hour

President Joseph Aoun has received a phone call from U.S. Vice President JD Vance and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio. 1 hour

Israeli source to Haaretz: Our delegation will propose a plan for a gradual withdrawal from parts of south Lebanon in return for the deployment of the Lebanese Army. 2 hours

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar: The talks hosted by the US between Israel and Lebanon are important. It is our mutual and shared interest to see Hezbollah disarmed. 2 hours

France's foreign minister: Israel must withdraw from south Lebanon and Hezbollah must disarm. 2 hours

Al-Jadeed: A car parked between the Bint Jbeil towns of Baraashit and Beit Yahoun has been targeted. 2 hours

President Aoun: We will accept nothing less than ending the Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon. 2 hours

The Israeli army said it shot and wounded four Hezbollah militants who crossed into the "security zone" on the Ali al-Taher ridge with an excavator and a motorcycle, after it initially fired warning shots. 2 hours

The fifth round of Lebanese-Israeli negotiations has begun at the U.S. Department of State, with both the military and political delegations in attendance. 3 hours

The Israeli and Lebanese delegations have arrived at the U.S. Department of State in Washington to begin a new round of direct talks. 4 hours

Hezbollah on Israel's shooting of two people in south: The Islamic Resistance warns that what the enemy has committed constitutes a blatant violation of the ceasefire, which the Resistance has adhered to up to this point. 5 hours

Military source to Israel's Channel 14: The army carried out an attack in the southern area of Kfartebnit to eliminate a threat. 6 hours

Netanyahu: We're continuing to confront Iran and its proxies, the issue isn't over yet, and we need our independent armament system and to build our own weapons. 7 hours

Israeli forces have opened fire on civilians in Hadatha and Nabatieh al-Fawqa in south Lebanon, killing one person and wounding 2 others, media reports said. 7 hours