Israeli military activity continues across Lebanon despite U.S.-Iran peace MoU finalized Sunday. Artillery, drone strike, and reconnaissance flights reported Tuesday. Netanyahu says military will remain in security zones as long as necessary.

Israeli military activity continued across Lebanon on Tuesday despite a recently-finalized U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding (MoU) aiming to end conflict on all fronts, including Lebanon. In southern Lebanon, Israeli artillery shelling targeted the outskirts of the Rayhan area in the Jezzine district, while an Israeli drone struck a van on the Hadatha-Haris road in the Bint Jbeil district, Lebanon's National News Agency reported. Israeli reconnaissance drones resumed low-altitude flights over Beirut and eastern Lebanon's Baalbek after a one-day absence. Separately, Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri held a phone call with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf on developments and the U.S.-Iran MoU, urging Israel to end its military activity in Lebanon and withdraw from occupied territory. Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam met on the MoU and preparations for the next round of Lebanon-U.S.-Israel negotiations in Washington next week, calling for a permanent ceasefire, withdrawal of Israeli forces, deployment of the Lebanese army along the border, return of Lebanese detainees, and launch of reconstruction efforts. Iran and the United States finalized the peace MoU on Sunday, which is also expected to end fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon. However, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a press conference on Monday that the Israeli military would remain in the 'security zones' it controlled in Lebanon, Syria and the Gaza Strip as long as necessary.