Since the latest Israeli drone attack in Lebanon, Prime Minister Saad Hariri has not stopped contacts with the US administration and other international parties to curb any Israeli aggression threatening to throw the situation off balance in Lebanon and the region, the Saudi Asharq al-Awsat reported on Wednesday.

Lebanon’s Higher Defense Council on Tuesday stressed “the right of the Lebanese to defend themselves with all means against any aggression,” in the wake of Israel’s latest drone attacks in the country.

“This is a right that is enshrined in the U.N. Charter,” the Council added in a statement, emphasizing that “national unity remains the best weapon in the face of the aggression.”

The Cabinet on Tuesday approved most of the points of the new waste management plan as an agreement was reached on setting up three incinerators in various locations, a minister said.

“A committee will be formed so that we finalize the financial study,” Environment Minister Fadi Jreissati said after a Cabinet session focused on the file.

The Judges of the Appeals Chamber of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) re-elected Tuesday Judge Ivana Hrdličková of the Czech Republic as the court’s President and Judge Ralph Riachi of Lebanon as Vice President. Their new term of eighteen months starts running on September 1, 2019.

Prime Minister Saad Hariri on Tuesday called for a “high level of wisdom, calm, thoughtfulness and restraint” in dealing with the latest Israeli attacks on Lebanon.

Speaking after a cabinet session, which was originally dedicated to the new waste plan, Information Minister Jamal al-Jarrah said Hariri opened the meeting by “condemning the Israeli attacks on Lebanon and considering them a blatant violation of Resolution 1701 and a threat to stability in Lebanon.”

Prime Minister Saad Hariri held talks on Tuesday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov condemning the recent Israeli aggression against Lebanon, the Premier’s press office said.

Hariri told Lavrov that the Israeli attack on the southern suburbs of Beirut is a dangerous act, an attack against the Lebanese sovereignty and a violation of UN resolution 1701, which established calm and stability over the past years.

Prime Minister Saad Hariri held talks with Salim Sfeir, the chairman of the Association of Banks in Lebanon who assured the Premier on the stability of Lebanon’s monetary and economic system after the latest credit rating downgrade, VDL (100.5) radio station said on Tuesday.

An Israeli reconnaissance airplane hovered at a low altitude over the Baalbek area and later over the southern city of Marjayoun, said the state-run National News Agency on Tuesday.

Israeli forces fired several flares Monday evening over the occupied Shebaa Farms, media reports said.

The National News Agency said the flares were fired over Tallet Seddaneh, Birkat al-Naqqar and al-Bayader in the outskirts of the town of Shebaa as several blasts were heard inside the occupied farms.

The United Nations called Monday for "maximum restraint" by all parties after a reported drone attack in a Hizbullah stronghold south of Beirut that was blamed on Israel.