Rockets, rocket launchers and sniper rifles bound for Lebanon have been seized in Homs’ Qusayr region near the Lebanese border, the Syrian interior ministry said on Monday.

Syrian security forces in Homs had on August 19 seized a truck loaded with Grad-type rockets that was allegedly headed for Lebanon, Syrian state media reported at the time.

Tasked by French President Emmanuel Macron, French special envoy to Lebanon Jean-Yves Le Drian will visit Beirut in the next few days to prepare for a Lebanon reconstruction conference and another for assisting the Lebanese Army, the French ambassador said.

Le Drian will also discuss the latest developments with the country’s leaders, French Ambassador to Lebanon Herve Magro told President Joseph Aoun in a meeting on Monday, the Lebanese Presidency said.

U.S. envoy Tom Barrack is still pressing Israel to obtain a final answer regarding the so-called step-for-step proposals related to Hezbollah’s disarmament and Israel’s withdrawal from south Lebanon, Lebanese media reports said.

“The Lebanese-American contacts are also still ongoing, although in a low-intensity manner,” al-Liwaa newspaper reported on Monday.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that the Israeli army is striking Hezbollah “whenever it tries to raise its head,” in reference to the daily strikes in Lebanon that have continued despite the ceasefire reached in November last year.

Netanyahu was listing his government’s “achievements” in the region since Hamas’ October 7 attacks, in a video addressed to the Israeli opposition.

President Joseph Aoun met Monday with Prime Minister Nawaf Salam and discussed with him the preparations for Friday’s important cabinet session that will tackle the army’s plan for arms monopolization.

Salam also briefed Aoun on the outcome of his latest visit to Egypt and his talks with President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and a number of top officials.

Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri, an ally of Hezbollah, called on Sunday for dialogue over its weapons, days before the government is expected to approve an army plan to disarm the group.

Months after Hezbollah's devastating war with Israel and under heavy U.S. pressure, Lebanon's government this month tasked the army with drawing up a plan to disarm Hezbollah by the end of the year.

Violent Israeli airstrikes on Sunday targeted the Ali al-Taher hills in the southern area of Nabatieh al-Fawqa, an area that has been bombed several times since the November ceasefire.

The Israeli army claimed the strikes hit a site run by Hezbollah.

Deputy Prime Minister Tarek Mitri said Saturday that “Hezbollah, the army and the government have agreed to avoid confrontation.”

Intensive consultations are taking place behind closed doors among senior political and non-political officials regarding the army’s weapons monopolization plan that will be presented to Cabinet on September 5, media reports said.

Prime Minister Nawaf Salam has called on the international community to provide financial support to his government and to the Lebanese army as Lebanon works on implementing a plan to disarm Hezbollah.

In an interview published Friday in the Financial Times, Salam said that his government has taken the necessary steps, but now requires Arab and international backing to move forward.