The future of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Lebanon has split the United States and its European allies with implications for security in the Middle East.

Israeli drones on Thursday dropped warning leaflets over the southern Lebanese town of Shebaa, cautioning residents to stay away from designated areas near the border, local media said. The leaflets highlighted an area in red and urged locals not to approach it, Lebanon’s state news agency NNA reported.

Relations between Beirut and Damascus remain tense — as they have been for decades past, a time during which Syria failed to treat its smaller neighbor as a sovereign nation.

At least five people have been killed in an Israeli attack in Lebanon, authorities said on Thursday. The Lebanese Health Ministry said 10 people were also injured in the attack on the Masnaa border crossing to Syria.

Israeli warplanes launched several airstrikes Friday evening on the northern outskirts of Kfar Tibnit and Nabatieh in southern Lebanon, in a new breach of a ceasefire in place since late 2024, Lebanese media said.

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun rejected Wednesday "any interference" in his country's internal affairs, including the carrying of weapons by any groups.

An Italian Catholic priest who has accused Israel of genocide and criticized its ongoing war in Gaza was recently denied entry into the country and sent on a return flight to Greece, according to reports.