The House action comes as the Trump administration continues to pursue negotiations with Iran.

He described Iran as "volatile," stating that the US military was more than capable of wiping the country out within a few weeks.

It was further stated that “under US guidance, the two sides agreed to move quickly toward establishing pilot zones in which the Lebanese army will have exclusive control over the area."

When an American president reduces the miraculous survival of the Jewish state to a personal favor, it demands an immediate and principled rejection from Israel’s leadership.

New Zealand lawmakers had visited the democratically governed island for decades without a problem, a spokesperson for Foreign Minister Winston Peters said.

Hezbollah’s Naim Qassem warned northern Israel will not be safe as long as Lebanese villages are bombed and civilians continue to be killed.

Iran’s Quds Force chief Esmail Qaani demanded Israel withdraw from Lebanon, warning that supporting Hezbollah is a duty and stressing the region’s ongoing tensions.

Some anti-drone systems have already been deployed as Israel seeks solutions to Hezbollah's fiber-optic drone threat.