Under a truce brokered by Washington in November, Israeli troops were granted 60 days to withdraw from southern Lebanon where they had waged a ground offensive against fighters from Iran-backed Hezbollah since early October.

Hizbollah supporters blocked roads leading to Beirut’s airport on Friday and Saturday, but Lebanon’s government said it decided to prevent the plane from landing over fears Israel might strike the airport.

The Iran-backed group also demanded the government ‘take serious measures to prevent the Israeli enemy from imposing its dictates’.

Israel's army has pulled out of southern Lebanese villages but remains in five positions, as a delayed withdrawal deadline expired Tuesday under a ceasefire deal with Hezbollah.The ceasefire between Israel and the Iran-backed militant group has been in effect since November 27,

Lebanese media on Sunday reported that Israeli gunfire killed a woman as Washington pressed Beirut to disarm Hezbollah, two days before a deadline in the ceasefire between Israel and the Iran-backed group.

Hundreds of thousands of people bid farewell to Hezbollah's slain leader Hassan Nasrallah at a mass funeral in Beirut on Sunday, nearly five months after he was killed in an Israeli airstrike in a stunning blow to the Iranian-backed group.

Tens of thousands of people gathered on the outskirts of Beirut on Sunday to pay their respects to Hezbollah's slain leader Hassan Nasrallah, nearly five months after he was killed in an Israeli airstrike in a stunning blow to the Iran-backed group.

The assassination in Lebanon, and the death of Nasrallah’s heir in the same strike, was a devastating blow to Iran’s most powerful militant group.

Yemen’s Information Minister Moammar al-Eryani has urged Lebanese authorities to arrest leaders of the Iran-backed Houthis who are expected to attend Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah’s funeral in Beirut on February 23.

There is an increased Iranian effort to smuggle money to Lebanon for Hezbollah in order to restore its power and status, including via Turkey and through its cooperation," said Israeli

Yemeni Information Minister Moammar al-Eryani called on Wednesday for the arrest of a group of leaders from Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis who he said will attend Lebanese Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah's funeral in Beirut.

The tensions arise as Iran-backed Hezbollah faces a weakened position in Lebanon’s new government, with the terrorist group largely sidelined.