Army Commander General Rodolphe Haykal and Internal Security Forces chief Maj. Gen. Raed Abdallah refused to prevent Hezbollah’s supporters from illuminating the Raouche Rock with images of slain leaders Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and Sayyed Hashem Safieddine, opting instead to face criticism in the press, the Nidaa al-Watan newspaper reported on Tuesday.

“The two security officials coordinated with President Joseph Aoun, who welcomed their decision not to use force, considering that the violation by Hezbollah’s supporters, no matter how grave, did not deserve opening fire at the crowd and did not require bloodshed,” the daily added.

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea accused Tuesday Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri of obstructing a legislative session that was cancelled this morning due to a lack of quorum.

Geagea said that Berri is responsible for refusing to discuss in Monday and Tuesday's sessions an urgent draft law presented by 67 MPs demanding an amendment to the current electoral law.

The interior and foreign ministries announced Tuesday in a joint statement that registration for expat voting in the 2026 parliamentary elections would begin on October 2 and end on November 20, amid controversy over the expat voting method and fears that the polls might be postponed.

“This declaration is the fruit of continuous cooperation and coordination between the two ministries, with Interior and Municipalities Minister Ahmad al-Hajjar and Foreign and Expats Minister Youssef Rajji working in a near-daily manner on following up on all details related to this national juncture, in order to secure the best administrative and technical conditions for guaranteeing the participation of Lebanese expats in this constitutional juncture,” the statement said.

President Joseph Aoun met Tuesday in Baabda with PM Nawaf Salam and discussed with him the general situations in the country and the outcome of the talks he held in New York during his participation in the U.N. General Assembly meetings, the Presidency said.

“The discussions also tackled the domestic situations and means to address what happened in Raouche,” the Presidency added, in reference to the controversy over Hezbollah’s illumination of the Raouche Rock with the images of its slain leaders in defiance of Salam and Lebanese authorities.

British Ambassador to Lebanon Hamish Cowell attended the closing ceremony for Lebanese airport security personnel who successfully completed the UK-funded Behavioral Detection Training course at the Beirut international airport.

The training took place over a three-week period, delivered in partnership with the Lebanese Army, General Security and Internal Security Forces. It aimed to enhance airport safety for all passengers and counter threats such as terrorism, smuggling, and criminal activity. The training also included 18 female officers from General Security and Internal Security Forces.

President Joseph Aoun on Tuesday welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace plan for Gaza, lauding “the efforts exerted to end the suffering of civilians and innocents in the Strip, to halt the bloodshed and to jointly work for a stable and prosperous Middle East, based on the principles of humanitarian justice and human dignity.”

Hoping the plan will win the approval of the relevant parties as soon as possible, Aoun praised “the realistic approach that it adopted in addressing the controversial and contentious issues.”

A legislative session scheduled for Tuesday was cancelled for lack of quorum, as several lawmakers including the Lebanese Forces and Kataeb MPs boycotted the session over clashes on the electoral law.

The session was adjourned from Monday to Tuesday after clashes on the electoral law led the Kataeb and LF MPs to walk out of the session, as Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri refused to put the law on the session's agenda.

Speaker Nabih Berri said Monday that, “as usual,” he held an “excellent” meeting with President Joseph Aoun at the Baabda Palace.

“We discussed the current affairs and he briefed me on the outcome of the meetings that he held in New York and I put him in the picture of what happened in Beirut days ago,” Berri added, referring to the controversy over Hezbollah’s decision to defy authorities and project the images of its slain chiefs onto the iconic Raouche Rock.

President Joseph Aoun said Monday that the army is a red line after some local media outlets accused the army and the security forces of allowing Hezbollah supporters to project images of the group’s former longtime leader on the iconic Raouche rock despite a circular by Prime Minister Nawaf Salam that objected to the planned light show.

Salam issued a circular before the event pointing to "the recent recurrence of the exploitation of national monuments for propaganda purposes and to hold activities in which partisan and political slogans are raised."

One person was killed Monday in an Israeli drone strike that targeted an excavator in West Bekaa's Suhmor in east Lebanon.

A similar strike killed the driver of a water tanker in Nabatieh al-Fawqa.