Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement has condemned the “brutal” American-Saudi attack on Iraq, warning Riyadh of falling into the US-Israeli quagmire that is intended to destabilize and divide the region.

The Israeli military has conducted new attacks near Lebanon’s Shaqif Fortress (Beaufort Castle) in southern Lebanon, causing huge explosions in adjacent areas.

Israel has declared that it will not agree to any “additional withdrawals” from Lebanon in the next round of negotiations with the Beirut government, while seeking to maintain “freedom of action” in areas handed over to the Lebanese Armed Forces.

The UN rights chief has called on the Israeli regime to immediately end its ongoing occupation of large parts of southern Lebanon.

Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri reaffirms his strong opposition to direct negotiations between the Beirut government and Israel.

A Lebanese lawmaker from the political wing of the Amal Movement says any agreement with the Tel Aviv regime will be “meaningless” without the withdrawal of Israeli occupation forces from southern Lebanon.

Israeli forces shell areas in southern Lebanon early Monday, targeting the outskirts of the Ali al-Taher Heights in the Nabatieh region, local media reported.