Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi urged Lebanese politicians on Tuesday to resign if the 1960's electoral law was adopted in the upcoming elections, pointing out that the talks he will hold with Russian officials during his trip to Moscow will discuss peace in the Middle East.

“We salute Russia's calls for drawing an end to wars in Lebanon, Syria and the region,” al-Rahi said upon his arrival to Moscow.

Hasan Awada, the municipal chief of the southern town of Yaroun, was wounded on Monday when a blast ripped through his car as he was driving it in the Tyre area of al-Housh, state-run National News Agency reported.

Security forces immediately cordoned off the area and launched an investigation into the incident, NNA said.

Lebanese leftist militant Georges Abdallah, who has been jailed for nearly three decades in France, on Monday declared a hunger strike in solidarity with Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons, the Lebanon-based, pan-Arab television al-Mayadeen reported on Monday.

More than 4,000 Palestinian prisoners staged a one-day hunger strike on Sunday to protest the death of Palestinian inmate Arafat Jaradat.

Prime Minister Najib Miqati revealed that all aid being sent to Syria is purchased in Lebanese markets, stressing again on the cabinet's policy of disassociation towards the neighboring country's events.

"Lebanon's economy has certainly been negatively affected by Syria's conflict particularly in the fields of tourism and transportation,” Miqati told CNN in an interview that aired on Monday according to the PM's office.

Sources in the foreign ministry have not noticed any move to file a complaint with Damascus over the latest Syrian cross-border violations, the Central News Agency reported on Monday.

Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour “is currently outside the country,” the agency quoted informed sources as saying, a day after Prime Minister Najib Miqati asked the minister to “officially inform Syrian authorities of our rejection of this behavior and our demand that its recurrence be prevented.”

Phalange Party leader Amin Gemayel on Monday warned that the situation in the country will deteriorate should the June parliamentary elections be delayed.

“Wrong accusations are being launched against several political forces concerning the Orthodox Gathering law, but we have already proposed several other draft laws,” said Gemayel at a press conference held after the weekly meeting of his party's political bureau in Saifi.

Head of the Mustaqbal bloc MP Fouad Saniora discussed on Sunday with Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi the latest developments on the Lebanese scene, particularly the proposed solutions for “a way out of the electoral law crisis”, radio Voice of Lebanon (100.5) reported on Monday.

"Saniora praised al-Rahi's wisdom in dealing with the current crisis and his commitment to higher national interest,” VDL said, elaborating that both men discussed the importance of religious coexistence in the country.

A cautious atmosphere is surrounding the northern village of Wadi Khaled as al-Hishe town residents are still mourning the death of Ahmed Shehab and Mohammed Hussein Azou, the National News Agency reported on Monday.

"Residents are still worried about getting near the area where the incident took place, fearing getting injured by the continuing Syrian sniper gunshots reaching the northern towns,” the NNA elaborated.

The judges of the U.N.-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon have approved some amendments to the tribunal's Rules of Procedure and Evidence which “clarify and improve the existing rules” and “speed up proceedings."

“At a Plenary meeting, the Judges of the STL have approved some amendments to the Tribunal's Rules of Procedure and Evidence,” the STL said in a statement on Monday.

Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat stated on Monday that Syria's war is more significant than the different Lebanese political factions, urging the neighboring country's opposition “not to fall in the trap of cutting all communication with Russia”.

“We call for an actual application of the policy of disassociation towards Syria's events,” Jumblat said in his weekly editorial in the PSP-affiliated al-Anbaa website, explaining that “the higher national interest requires a reconsideration of this policy”.