Hezbollah held a “security meeting” in the southern suburbs of Beirut on the night of October 21, hours prior to a cabinet session that was held the next day, mapping out a scenario for action should the government approve referring the Dahr al-Baidar explosives case to the Judicial Council, the Nidaa al-Watan newspaper reported on Tuesday.

Quoting unnamed sources, the daily said Hezbollah had concluded that the state had decided to proceed with a judicial path that could begin by summoning several of the party's MPs and security officials for interrogation. Hezbollah speculated that “these measures would later expand to include the party's Secretary-General, Sheikh Naim Qassem, potentially leading to his arrest. Viewing this as its military and political demise, Hezbollah decided to flip the table, topple the government and impose a military fait accompli on the ground,” the report claimed.

The ministers of the Lebanese Forces will keep boycotting cabinet sessions until the case of the Hezbollah explosives shipment gets referred to the Judicial Council, the country’s top state security court, the pro-LF Nidaa al-Watan newspaper reported on Tuesday.

Israeli artillery shelled the outskirts of Mayfadoun, Zawtar al-Sharqiyeh, and Baraashit on Tuesday, following an earlier strike on the outskirts of Kfartebnit.

Overnight into Tuesday, Israeli forces set homes ablaze in Zawtar al-Sharqiyeh, Kfartebnit, and Arnoun, and carried out detonations in al-Qantara and Bani Hayan, while artillery hit Wadi Zebqine, al-Mansouri, and Hadatha.

Prime Minister Nawaf Salam has held phone talks with Qatari PM Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, during which they reviewed cooperative relations between the two countries and ways to support and enhance them, as well as the latest regional developments.

The two premiers particularly discussed the “ongoing diplomatic efforts and joint coordination to de-escalate tensions and strengthen security and stability in the region,” Qatar’s foreign ministry said.

Israel has sent a message to the Lebanese authorities via the United States, requesting that the Lebanese Army "redeploy and establish checkpoints in areas where Hezbollah elements are present," Israel’s public broadcaster reported overnight.

An Israeli security source attributed this measure to fears that the group “might open a front with Israel in the event it resumes its campaign in Iran." T

President Joseph Aoun has intensified his contacts with domestic, Arab, and international parties to prevent Hezbollah's intervention in a potential war with Iran.

A report published Tuesday in Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper said U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio had warned Aoun that Israel would expand its attacks north of the Litani River if Hezbollah once again joined the conflict.

The Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces and Commander of the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, Ali Abdollahi, stated Tuesday that "a powerful Iran has emerged as a fourth pole of power by controlling the Strait of Hormuz as a vital energy artery and determining the rules of access to it."

Syrian authorities have thwarted a “terrorist plot” targeting the Homs Refinery orchestrated by a cell affiliated with Hezbollah, the Syrian interior ministry said on Tuesday.

The ministry explained in a statement that the security operation led to the arrest of the involved cell members and the seizure of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in their possession that were prepared to target the refinery.

France has opened a judicial investigation into a war crimes complaint over an Israeli strike on a residential building in Lebanon in 2024, lawyer Clemence Bectarte told AFP on Tuesday.

French-Lebanese artist Ali Cherri, whose parents were killed in the Beirut strike, filed the complaint as a civil party last spring alongside the International Federation for Human Rights, Bectarte explained.

Hezbollah on Monday announced it had begun distributing financial aid to Lebanese displaced by the group's latest war with Israel, despite efforts to dry up its funding sources.