Two years after Hassan Nasrallah's killing, Hezbollah marked the anniversary with gatherings at his mausoleum and retrospectives on the shift from Nasrallah to Naim Qassem. In his address Qassem rejected surrender, said resistance would continue until liberation, demanded the south be freed before any discussion of weapons, called for freezing direct negotiations, and accused authorities of betting on Washington and Israel, addressing President Aoun as arbiter.
Israeli raids, artillery shelling and detonations continued from Haddatha to Khiam and Mais al-Jabal, which the army said responded to an explosive drone, while a far-right minister called for annexing the area south of the Litani, feeding fears of prolonged occupation and a vacuum after UNIFIL.
Maronite Patriarch Rahi urged the state to turn foreign moves into results, as attention turned to an expected Salam-Rubio meeting to break the talks deadlock.