Lebanon's Foreign Minister Abdallah Rashid Bouhabib said that the government received assurances from Hezbollah it would not intervene unless 'Israel bullies and harasses Lebanon'. Lebanon's Foreign Minister Abdallah Rashid Bouhabib, said his government had received assurances from Hezbollah that it would not intervene in the fighting.

Bouhabib spoke to the Al-Sharq al-Awast newspaper on Saturday, before Hezbollah announced that it had attacked Israeli positions in the Mount Dov area Sunday morning.

According to Bouhabib, Hezbollah pledged not to intervene unless "Israel bullies and harasses Lebanon."

Death toll in Israel-Hamas conflict rises to 1,100 as 'war' enters third day

The death toll from the Israel-Hamas conflict has surpassed 1,100, with the Israeli army claiming to hit over 500 targets hit in the Gaza Strip in overnight strikes.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had warned the forces of a "long and difficult" war after Hamas fighters launched a surprise assault on Saturday with a barrage of thousands of rockets, resulting in at least 250 Israeli and 230 Gazan fatalities and hundreds taken hostage.

Meanwhile, Chinese news agency Xinhua reported that Qatar is trying to lead a quick prisoner exchange deal between Israel and Hamas.

A Hamas source told the news agency that the Qatari proposal involves the release of women held by Hamas in exchange for the release of female Palestinian prisoners held in Israel. According to the report, the U.S. supports the initiative, and Hamas has expressed agreement in principle on the condition that all Palestinian female prisoners held in Israel be released.