After the Salam-Rubio meeting, Lebanese outlets reported US pressure for a Lebanese-Israeli military meeting in Florida before Knesset elections, later dated to 20 October, linked to preparations for a post-UNIFIL arrangement. The presidency denied fabricated accounts of the Washington talks while the foreign minister stressed arms monopoly as a sovereign decision.
An Israeli strike on an army vehicle in Nabatieh al-Fawqa seriously wounded a soldier and injured three civilians, feeding warnings of an entrenched security belt in the south.
Attention shifted to a Flydubai Dubai-Tel Aviv flight diverted to Saudi Arabia after a distress signal; Israeli officials described a stabbing and an attempted jihadist attack by a pilot, prompting Netanyahu to order heightened security.
Domestically, President Aoun referred the bank resolution law to the Constitutional Council.