Kataeb Party chief Sami Gemayel warned on Friday that the party will continue to confront any attempts to pass bargains that harm the interest of Lebanon and fail to benefit the Lebanese, LBCI reported.

Gemayel said that the ministers of the party kicked off a “1000 mile journey at the cabinet,” asserting that the confrontation that began yesterday during a government session will continue to confront anyone who suggests harmful projects in the country.

Health Minister Wael Abou Faour referred a Lebanese citizen to the Public Prosecution after assaulting an employee at the ministry, the state-run National News Agency reported on Friday.

“Abou Faour referred Afif Sharif Hammoud to the General Prosecution after assaulting a female employee in the department of hospitalization at the health ministry,” the ministry said in a statement.

The Lebanese army arrested three individuals late on Thursday near the northeastern border town of Arsal over suspected links to extremists.

The army arrested Syrian national Hussein Abdul Rahman Rahmoun in Wadi Hmeid, after an attempt to sneak through the outskirts into the town of Arsal. He is also suspected of having links to terror groups, said the army in a statement.

Marada Movement chief MP Suleiman Franjieh will not draw back his nomination for the presidency as long as he still garners the support of the majority of lawmakers, the Kuwaiti al-Seyassah newspaper reported on Friday.

“Franjieh is keeping his nomination. He will not withdraw in favor of anyone as long as the majority of MPs support him,” sources close to Franjieh told the daily.

Hizbullah's Loyalty to Resistance parliamentary bloc warned Thursday that remarks by Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh about the suspension of 100 Hizbullah-linked bank accounts reflect an inclination to renounce “national sovereignty.”

Hizbullah on Thursday praised the overnight deadly attack by two Palestinian men in Tel Aviv as a "heroic" act.

Kataeb Party chief MP Sami Gemayel hinted Thursday that his party's ministers might resign or suspend their participation in cabinet sessions should their presence in the government cease to “serve the interest of the Lebanese.”

The Lebanese army busted an attempt to smuggle 2.5 tons of narcotics across the sea off Sidon's shore, the state-run National News Agency reported on Thursday.

“The navy monitored a suspicious boat at sea off Sidon's shore. After careful inspection inside the boat, it found 34 bags of drugs, in addition to earlier findings, bringing the total weight of narcotics to 2.5 tons,” the Amy command Orientation Directorate said in a statement on Thursday.

Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh said that one hundred bank accounts related to Hizbullah have been frozen in accordance with a U.S. law that threatens to sanction anyone who finances the group.

Salameh assured in a interview to CNBC on Wednesday that “the central bank is determined to maintain the country's financial stability, and make sure that the U.S. law is implemented.”

Agriculture Minister Akram Shehayyeb issued a decision banning the entry of vegetable and fruit produce from Syria to Lebanon to “protect Lebanon's production,” which triggered negative responses from the Syrian side, As Safir daily reported on Thursday.

“We want to protect the Lebanese farmers and their produce in the face of the inflow of Syrian products, mainly during the month of Ramadan,” said Shehayyeb.