Apple farmers in the city of Jbeil, north of Beirut, kicked off a sit-in on Monday and demanded a government action with regard to helping them sell their products, the National News Agency reported.

The farmers have briefly blocked the Jbeil highway leading to Beirut, and threw their apples on the road blocking the traffic for a couple of hours.

Unknown assailants tossed a hand grenade overnight on the roof of the residence of a Palestinian National Security member in the refugee camp of Ain el-Hilweh in Sidon, the National News Agency reported on Monday.

The grenade was tossed on the roof of the residence of Nasser Daoud, NNA added.

Free Patriotic Movement sources stressed that they have completed the preparations for the street rallies and are waiting for the start signal from MP Michel Aoun, As Safir daily reported on Monday.

"The plan to kick off street rallies and take action on the ground has been completed, and putting it into implementation awaits the signal of Aoun," the sources told the daily on condition of anonymity.

Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat stated that International and Arab powers have no time to address Lebanon's needs, as he emphasized the necessity to reduce the pressure on Lebanon's security and economic situations through the election of a president which would bring about a positive shock that reactivates the institutions, As Safir daily reported on Monday.

“The presence of a president leads to the reactivation of the situation and triggers a positive impact to the country and reopens the institutions without exception,” said Jumblat in an interview to the daily.

Outspoken Hizbullah MP Nawwaf al-Moussawi on Sunday called for “detaching Lebanon's crisis from the regional crises that are surrounding it, especially the Yemeni, Syrian and Iraqi crises.”

Resigned Justice Minister Ashraf Rifi has warned against what he called “surrendering the presidency” to the candidates of “Bashar Assad and Iran's project,” in reference to Marada Movement chief MP Suleiman Franjieh and Free Patriotic Movement founder MP Michel Aoun.

Lebanese Forces bloc MP Antoine Zahra revealed Sunday that there are “positive discussions” with the Free Patriotic Movement over a hybrid electoral law that mixes the winner-takes-all and proportional representation systems.

Prime Minister Tammam Salam has not yet taken a decision to call for a cabinet session and is still evaluating the situations in light of the declared boycott of the Free Patriotic Movement of the government's meetings, a media report said on Sunday.

Mufti of Tripoli and North Sheikh Malek al-Shaar has thrown his support behind al-Mustaqbal Movement leader ex-PM Saad Hariri in the face of the latest verbal attacks from resigned Justice Minister Ashraf Rifi.

Free Patriotic Movement chief and Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil has rejected what he called “any equation that allows putting Christians outside power” in Lebanon.