Hezbollah lawmaker Ali Fayad has stressed “the need for a calm, wise and responsible approach toward any friction or tension between the South’s residents,” in the wake of a flurry of clashes and altercations in recent weeks.

Fayad however criticized the U.N. forces for “entering villages, towns and private properties without coordination or the presence of the Lebanese Army, at a time (residents) do not sense any role for UNIFIL in addressing the Israeli enemy’s continued occupation of Lebanese territory, incursions, assassinations and hostile actions.”