BEIRUT, June 16 (Xinhua) -- 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, it added.
Separately, Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri held a phone call with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf on developments in Lebanon and the region, as well as the U.S.-Iran MoU, read a statement from Berri's office.
They urged compelling Israel to end its military activity in Lebanon, and immediately withdraw from occupied Lebanese territory, among others, read the statement.
Also on Tuesday, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam met on the U.S.-Iran MoU, and on preparations for the next round of Lebanon-U.S.-Israel negotiations to be held in Washington next week, read a presidency statement.
They called for a permanent ceasefire, the withdrawal of Israeli forces from occupied Lebanese territory, the deployment of the Lebanese army along the border, the return of Lebanese detainees, and the launch of reconstruction efforts, read the statement.
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. ■
