The meeting between President Michel Aoun and Prime Minister-designate Najib Miqati resulted in placing two lists of names for the new government portfolios, according to informed sources.

The sources told al-Joumhouria newspaper in remarks published Tuesday that “the names that have been circulating for some portfolios, especially for the ministries of interior and defense, are not accurate.”

The talk of positiveness in the cabinet formation process over the past hours has turned out to be “fabricated” and “not based on anything tangible,” a media report said on Tuesday.

The Israeli army said on Tuesday that its Galilee Division has started “this morning” a planned military exercise to test its forces' readiness “in the event of a sudden incident on Lebanon's border.”

"The exercise comes within the framework of military readiness tests that were planned for the 2021 annual training plan," according to a tweet published by Israeli army Arabic-language spokesman Avichay Adraee.

The army on Tuesday announced seizing 113,000 liters of hoarded fuel in the Keserwan area of Zouk Mosbeh.

Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has provided medical supplies and human resources to hospitals in Lebanon who are admitting wounded patients from the horrific fuel tank explosion in the northern region of Akkar.

“The health system in Lebanon is responding to this latest tragic development under extremely challenging conditions,” said Joao Martins, MSF’s Head of Mission in Lebanon.

Prime Minister-designate Najib Miqati announced Monday that the cabinet formation negotiations have entered the phase of picking candidates, signaling that an agreement has been reached on the distribution of ministerial portfolios.

President Michel Aoun on Monday hoped that the new government will be formed in the “next few days,” as he stressed that he will not resign.

U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Dorothy Shea on Monday offered her country's "sincere condolences over the loss of life and grievous injuries suffered in yesterday's explosion in Akkar."

"Earlier today, I met with Prime Minister-Designate Miqati, and we discussed the status of Lebanese efforts to form a government quickly. And I just now concluded a meeting with His Excellency President (Michel) Aoun, in which we discussed the same topic," Shea said after talks with Aoun in Baabda.

Lebanon reeled Monday from a deadly explosion that burned alive people desperate to fill plastic containers with fuel in a country sinking ever deeper into darkness and chaos.

A fuel tank explosion in Lebanon killed 28 people and injured 80 on Sunday as a crowd clamored for petrol, authorities and medics said, the latest catastrophe to spark outrage in the crisis-hit country.