Hand grenades were tossed overnight at the residence of Bzal municipality chief in the northern Akkar district, leaving no causalities, the National News Agency reported Wednesday.

Unknown assailants tossed two hand grenades, shortly after midnight, at the residence of Mayor Firas Moussa inflicting damages on vehicles that were parked in front of the house, NNA said.

Prime Minister Saad Hariri on Tuesday declared national mourning over the Lebanese victims of Istanbul's nightclub massacre as the country bid farewell to three youths killed in the bloody attack.

Israeli troops opened gunfire at a Lebanese fishing boat opposite the border area of Ras al-Naqoura, the Army Command Orientation Directorate said in a statement on Monday.

“At 4:32 a.m., the Israeli enemy opened gunfire at a Lebanese fishing boat inside the Lebanese regional waters opposite Ras al-Naqoura, without causing any injuries,” said the statement.

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi condemned on Monday the terror attack that targeted Turkey on New Year's eve, leaving many killed and wounded including Lebanese victims, the National News Agency reported.

Al-Rahi prayed for a speedy recovery for those who were wounded and injured, and patience for the families of the victims, NNA added.

State Minister for Combating Corruption Nicolas Tueni stressed on Monday that an “uprising” against corruption in Lebanon is needed, and hailed the intentions of President Michel Aoun and Prime Minister Saad Hariri to fight it.

“There are some genuine political intentions from the President and Prime Minister's side to combat corruption. The situation requires an uprising,” Tueni told the VDL (100.5).

The bodies of Lebanese victims who were killed in the New Year's Eve massacre at an Istanbul nightclub, will be flown back to Lebanon on board a Middle East aircraft on Monday, the VDL (93.3) radio said quoting sources from Lebanon's consulate general in the Turkish city.

Other wounded Lebanese civilians whose medical condition permits their travel, will also be flown to Lebanon, the sources added.

General Security chief Maj. Gen. Abbas Ibrahim reiterated on Saturday that he is determined to find a solution for the file of servicemen abducted by the Islamic State, as he revealed that security forces were able to thwart a suicide bombing plot in Sidon.

“We are determined to end the file of servicemen kidnapped by the IS,” Ibrahim told LBCI TV station in a phone conversation.

The Army Intelligence Directorate obtained, after thorough monitoring, some “accurate and credible” information that terror cells are taking action in the northern city of Tripoli according to instructions delivered to them from Islamist fugitive Shadi al-Mawalai, who is taking refuge in the southern Palestinian refugee camp of Ain el-Hilweh, As Safir daily reported Saturday.

A committee tasked with overlooking the upcoming parliamentary elections and providing the needed funds for the Interior Ministry to stage the elections on time, will be conducted before February 10, which marks the beginning of the constitutional deadline, An Nahar daily reported Saturday.

Official sources told the daily on condition of anonymity that “an undisclosed political agreement was reached to gear up for the elections in two parallel line. The first would be setting up the preparations for staging them based on the current 1960 electoral law, in conjunction with a similar workshop to reach a new electoral law.

Saudi Deputy Foreign Minister, Khaled Bin Ibrahim al-Jindan, is expected to arrive in Lebanon Friday for talks with senior Lebanese officials, LBCI reported.

The Saudi diplomat's visit comes amid a flurry of diplomatic activity witnessed in Lebanon since the election of President Michel Aoun on November 31, that ended over two years of political vacuum, and the formation of PM Saad Hariri's cabinet.