An Israeli court has ordered that a container in the northern city of Haifa capable of holding 12,000 tons of ammonia and likened to a "nuclear bomb" be emptied of its toxic content.

Dozens of Iraqi Christians have marched outside the U.N. regional headquarters in Beirut, demanding the speeding up of their resettlement process.

Thousands of Iraqi Christians have fled the fighting in their country to seek refuge in religiously-mixed Lebanon. Many of them are waiting for resettlement in a third country.

The Kataeb Party on Monday commented on President Michel Aoun's recent remarks on Hizbullah's arms without naming him, noting that “any arms other than those of the legitimate security forces contradict legally and constitutionally with the state project.”

Hizbullah has “retracted its support” for a hybrid electoral law that mixes the winner-takes-all and proportional representation systems after realizing that it would give the Lebanese Forces a bigger parliamentary bloc, LF leader Samir Geagea has said.

Arab Tawhid Party chief ex-minister Wiam Wahhab on Monday urged Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil to “summon” U.N. Special Coordinator for Lebanon Sigrid Kaag to the ministry to protest remarks he described as “insulting to the dignity of all Lebanese.”

Druze leader MP Walid Jumblat held talks Monday in Ain el-Tineh with Speaker Nabih Berri during which he proposed new "ideas" regarding the electoral law.

U.N. Special Coordinator for Lebanon Sigird Kaag reminded on Monday that U.N. Security Council Resolution 1701 had called for the "disarmament of all armed groups."

"Recalling SCR 1701 (is) vital for Lebanon's stability-security. Resolution calls for disarmament (of) all armed groups. No arms outside control of state," said Kaag in a tweet on Monday.

Education Minister Marwan Hamadeh commented on Monday on the latest statements made by Hizbullah leader and said that Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's rhetoric on Sunday indicates readiness for discussions as for an electoral law for the upcoming parliamentary polls.

“Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's rhetoric yesterday means he is ready for discussions. His words are not meant to draw a roadmap,” Hamadeh told VDL (100.5).

The latest stance made by President Michel Aoun as for the role of the Resistance's arms in Lebanon has initiated a flurry of political reactions some favoring and other criticizing.

Ministerial sources close to the Baabda Presidential Palace said they were astonished at criticisms lashing out at Aoun's position, they told al-Joumhouria daily on Monday: “What Aoun meant was clear because the Army's capabilities do not permit a direct confrontation with the Israeli army.

President Michel Aoun on Monday started his first visit to Cairo since his election in October and held talks with his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

"Hopes of the role that Egypt could play are high. An Egypt of moderation and openness... could launch an Arab rescue initiative based on a strategy to fight terrorism," Aoun said at a joint press conference.