The investigation into the Beirut port blast is not limited to interrogations with political officials but also security and military leaders have also been summoned, the Kuwaiti al-Anbaa daily reported on Tuesday.

After hearing the testimony of State Security agency head Tony Saliba, judge Fadi Sawwan reportedly decided to have Saliba and the State Security Major Joseph al-Naddaf meet face to face later this week, said the daily.

Head of the Free Patriotic Movement MP Jebran Bassil described his relationship with PM-designate Saad Hariri as one of “love and revenge,” while on the other hand urging the judicial authority to pursue investigation into the port blast.

An Israeli military patrol opened gunfire towards the outskirts of Mays el-Jabal in south Lebanon, in al-Berkeh neighborhood before returning to the Israeli side, the National News Agency reported on Tuesday.

NNA said the reasons for this behavior have not been known.

Speaker Nabih Berri reflected pessimism on Tuesday in light of a government formation impasse and a crippling economic and financial crisis only growing intense every day.

Ex-PMs Saad Hariri, Najib Miqati, Fouad Saniora and Tammam Salam warned Monday that “the arbitrary violation of the constitution would lead to a major flaw in the foundations of the Lebanese entity,” days after caretaker PM Hassan Diab was charged and summoned for questioning in the ongoing probe into the port disaster.

Judge Fadi Sawwan, the lead judicial investigator into the port blast, has set new dates for the interrogation of caretaker PM Hassan Diab and three ex-ministers, media reports said on Monday.

Sawwan rescheduled the sessions after the four declined to show up on Monday, judicial officials told the Associated Press.

The Presidency on Monday hit back at a statement issued by PM-designate Saad Hariri and accused him of presenting a one-sided cabinet line-up in his latest meeting with President Michel Aoun.

State Prosecutor Ghassan Oueidat on Monday recused himself from any future role in the investigations into the Beirut port blast.

Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri snapped back Monday at President Michel Aoun’s adviser, ex-minister Salim Jreissati, and accused Baabda of being the party delaying the formation of the new government.

Caretaker prime minister Hassan Diab will not meet with the prosecutor investigating the Beirut port explosion as requested, persons familiar with the case said Monday, adding the premier has already given the prosecutor all the information he has.

Diab and three former Cabinet ministers were charged last week by Judge Fadi Sawwan with negligence in the massive Aug. 4 blast that killed over 200 people, injured thousands and caused widespread destruction in the capital.