Overnight coverage moved the southern front to New York, where the start of UN week framed a Lebanese request to extend UNIFIL to avoid a security vacuum and discussion of a European or internationally-mandated replacement to back the army in the south.
Midday attention shifted to a letter from Trump to President Aoun praising his decisive leadership, reported across outlets alongside US pressure to isolate Hezbollah and Israeli conditions on withdrawal.
Prime Minister Salam used meetings with the Qatari premier, Senator Shaheen, King Abdullah II and Secretary-General Guterres to pledge state authority and sole control of arms and to seek continued international presence and aid for the displaced. On the ground, Israeli strikes on Kfartebnit and Ali al-Taher and claims around Srifa continued, while Tehran warned of a wider war theater and US reports said Trump had reversed a decision to strike the Houthis.