U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon David Hale highlighted his country's concerns regarding the developments along the Lebanese border with Syria and Israel, warning of attempts to destabilize the situation in it.

Local newspapers published on Friday reported that Hale's meeting with Prime Minister Tammam Salam a day before was to convey his country's deep concerns over the developments along Lebanon's border with Syria and with Israel.

A security official denied that police and the army began implementing a much-anticipated security plan for the eastern Bekaa Valley, saying recent arrests came as part of routine raids.

The official, who was not identified, told al-Joumhouria daily published on Thursday that “operations carried out by the army and security forces... in the Bekaa do not fall under the promised security plan.”

Progressive Socialist Party chief MP Walid Jumblat has expressed pessimism on the ability of rival parties to resolve the presidential deadlock through dialogue and accused Israel of drawing a demarcation line between the Jewish State and Iran.

According to As Safir daily published on Thursday, Jumblat said there was no positive development in the presidential crisis despite the talks between Hizbullah and al-Mustaqbal representatives.

Director of the Department of the Middle East and North Africa at the French Foreign Ministry Jean-François Girault decided to suspend his endeavors to reach a breakthrough regarding the presidential stalemate in Lebanon unless new developments occur.

According to al-Joumhouria newspaper published on Thursday, the French diplomat informed Lebanese officials that he postponed an expected visit to Beirut to make way for new developments.

Israeli forces went briefly on high alert near the border with Lebanon on Wednesday evening, closing roads and asking residents to stay indoors, following reports of a suspected infiltration by a number of militants.

“After sending troops to the area, the IDF (Israeli army) Spokesman announced no infiltration has occurred, but asked that residents remained in their homes,” the website of Israel's Yediot Ahronot newspaper reported.

Army Commander General Jean Qahwaji hailed on Wednesday the role of the military in thwarting terrorism in Lebanon, most notably in the northeastern region of Arsal and the northern city of Tripoli.

He said while inspecting troops deployed in Arsal: “We have achieved several impressive national accomplishments, but that does not mean that our confrontation with terrorism is over.”

The judiciary on Wednesday charged those accused of killing Yves Naufal with several offenses, some of which are punishable by death.

LBCI TV reported that “the public prosecution has charged those accused in Yves Naufal's case with offenses that are punishable by death.”

Hizbullah held funerals Wednesday for two of its fighters who were killed Sunday in an unprecedented Israeli airstrike on the Syrian region of Quneitra.

Coincidence doubled the grief in the southern town of Ghaziyeh, where a joint funeral was held for the slain young fighter Abbas Hijazi, aka Sayyed Jawad, and his father who died in coma only a few hours after the lethal Israeli strike. The father had been lying unconscious in an intensive care unit for around a month.

The army on Wednesday announced arresting a man who had provided residence and food for the two suicide bombers who carried out the deadly Jabal Mohsen twin attack, revealing that it has unveiled all details pertaining to the group that plotted the operation.

“As a result of the continued interrogation of the detainees, the Intelligence Directorate has managed to arrest Qassem Youssef Taljeh, who had received the two suicide bombers and provided them with accommodation and food,” the army said in a statement.

The March 14 General Secretariat condemned on Wednesday the Israeli airstrike on Hizbullah fighters in Syria's Golan, however, considering it as clear evidence of the party's involvement in the fighting in the neighboring country, “which violates the broad Lebanese unanimity.”

In a statement issued after its weekly meeting, the General Secretariat stressed that Hizbullah insists, through its ongoing engagement in battles in Syria, on transferring sedition into Lebanon, despite all of its claims.