Syrian warplanes on Thursday waged several raids on posts for the jihadist group Fateh al-Sham Front -- al-Qaida's former Syrian branch – near the Lebanese-Syrian border, media reports said.

The Free Patriotic Movement and the AMAL Movement are inclined to sign a memorandum of understanding that will turn the page on their years-long frosty relations, a media report said on Thursday.

UNRWA and UNICEF strongly condemned the armed violence in Ain el-Hilweh Palestine refugee camp in Sidon, southern Lebanon, which directly affects the safety and security of civilians, including children, a statement said on Wednesday.

“We deplore reports that at least eight civilians, including a thirteen year old boy and a United Nations (UNRWA) staff member, have been injured over the past days. We are deeply concerned that ongoing violence will result in further civilian casualties, including children,” the statement read.

Hizbullah Loyalty to the Resistance bloc Mohammad Raad stated that government’s approval of the wage scale is an essential matter, but decried imposing taxes in return which he said would diminish the purchasing power, the state-run National News Agency reported on Wednesday.

“The pressing issue of the wage scale affects a large segment of our people and our brothers awaiting an increase in their salaries, it is rightfully theirs,” said Raad.

President Michel Aoun held talks on Wednesday with World Bank Director for the Middle East Ferid Belhaj where discussions focused on Lebanon's infrastructure improvement, and cooperation to provide the needed funding for reforms, the National News Agency reported.

Israeli forces removed on Wednesday a spy device they planted earlier in an area in the southern neighborhood of Kroum al-Sharqi, the National News Agency reported on Wednesday.

An Israeli infantry patrol approached the location and removed the device amid heavy military presence in the region, NNA said.

Cautious calm prevailed Wednesday night in the densely-packed Palestinian refugee camp of Ain el-Hilweh, after one week of deadly clashes between the Fatah Movement and Islamist groups that left one civilian dead and six others injured.

The ceasefire agreement, reached at around 7 pm on Tuesday, still stands except for a personal dispute that erupted after midnight in al-Tahtani street leaving one person injured, the National News Agency reported on Wednesday.

One civilian was killed and six were wounded on Tuesday in fierce clashes that rocked Lebanon's largest Palestinian refugee camp for the sixth day before a ceasefire started to take hold in the evening.

State-run National News Agency said the ceasefire got underway around 7:00 pm in Ain el-Hilweh after "all parties pledged to the committee that was formed at Palestine's embassy that they will abide by the truce."

UNRWA strongly condemned on Tuesday the ongoing armed violence that erupted in the Ain el-Hilweh Palestine Refugee camp in Lebanon.

Recurrent armed violence continues to impact the civilian population in the Camp, including children, an UNRWA statement said on Tuesday.

Change and Reform MP Ibrahim Kanaan stressed on Tuesday that approving the long-stalled wage scale without making the necessary reforms is a deception, stressing that the decision to approve it is political, the National News Agency reported.

“Approving the wage scale without introducing the needed reforms is an attempt to cheat the people and burden them with the policies of squandering and corruption,” said Kanaan.