Key sticking points include Israel’s demand to retain military action rights against Hezbollah to prevent rearming. Lebanon has rejected the idea of unilateral enforcement by Israel, calling it “unthinkable.” The draft suggests enhanced enforcement of UN Security Council Resolution 1701, which mandates disarmament in southern Lebanon.

An Israeli airstrike flattened a building near one of Beirut's busiest traffic junctions on Friday, shaking the Lebanese capital as Israel kept up its intensified bombardment of Hezbollah-controlled areas of the city.

A building in Beirut's southern suburbs collapsed in a gigantic cloud of smoke and dust, an AFP photographer reported, as two strikes attributed to Israel hit the Hezbollah bastion on Friday. Later in the morning,