Tampa remained the organizing story as Lebanese-Israeli technical talks continued in Florida. Outlets described southern security arrangements as the agenda, with Israel reported insisting on holding its positions until Hezbollah disarmament and Lebanese officials stressing a halt to escalation. Aoun said there was no dispute over negotiating goals, while Berri ruled out repealing the Israel boycott law.
Parallel coverage tracked the Dahr al-Baidar explosives case toward cabinet referral to the Judicial Council. Reports of summonses for two Hezbollah-linked suspects fed warnings of a state-party confrontation, answered by calls from Gemayel and Kataeb figures for a break with past leniency.
Macron pledged a French conference for the army after Israeli elections, as the Security Council held closed consultations on Resolution 1559 and Israeli shelling continued in the south.