A Fatah official has been killed after Israel carried out an airstrike in southern Lebanon.

Two Israeli airstrikes hit the coastal town of Ghazieh in southern Lebanon near the city of Sidon, wounding at least 14 people.

At least one person has been killed and seven others injured in an explosion near the southern Lebanese port city of Sidon, with reports falling short of providing details on the cause of the deadly incident.

Dozens of Lebanese people resume economic protests across Beirut and other cities.

Security forces engage in fresh clashes with protesters in several Lebanese cities, prompting officials to warn against a sectarian strife in the conflict-ridden country.

Lebanese forces have arrested a Lebanese-Canadian man on charges of spying for Israel through gathering information about Hezbollah and missing Israeli pilot Ron Arad.

Lebanon's army says it has arrested a suspected agent of Israel's spy agency Mossad over a failed bid to assassinate a Hamas official in the south of the country.