Hezbollah coordination and liaison officer Wafiq Safa urged Thursday not to involve Hezbollah in an attack that killed an Irish member of the UN peacekeeping force and wounded three others.

Safa told LBCI that the incident was unintentional, sending his condolences for UNIFIL and wishing recovery to the three wounded members.

Lebanon's divided parliament failed to elect a new president Thursday for a tenth time, despite the damage the political deadlock is doing to efforts to bail out its bankrupt economy.

Parliament is split between supporters of Hezbollah and its opponents, neither of whom have a clear majority.

The British Ambassador to Lebanon, Hamish Cowell, has announced a £13 million commitment to “support the Lebanese Armed Forces’ (LAF) resilience from 2022 till 2025 in a Memorandum of Understanding signed with LAF Commander in Chief General Joseph Aoun,” the British embassy said.

Cowell, with the U.S. Ambassador, Dorothy Shea, and the Canadian Ambassador, Stephanie McCollum, met General Aoun during the High Level Steering Committee to discuss security on the Lebanese-Syrian border.

Deputy Speaker Elias Bou Saab met Wednesday with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri in Ain el-Tineh.

After the meeting, Bou Saab said that it is not likely for a dialogue to be held before the end of the year.

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Wednesday denied a media report claiming that he is seeking anew to convene the caretaker cabinet, following the latest session that sparked political and sectarian tensions in the country.

Describing the report published in al-Akhbar newspaper as “fabricated,” Mikati’s press office said the premier does not intend to convene the caretaker cabinet anytime soon.

Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat said Wednesday that "we accept transcontinental dialogue but we reject it at home."

In a statement on social media, Jumblat said that we accept dialogue across continents and through football, but not in Lebanon.

The European Union has allocated this year €229 million to reinforce reforms and economic development in Lebanon.

In a statement, the delegation of the EU to Lebanon said that the EU "continues to support Lebanon and its people during challenging socio-economic conditions and allocates this year €229 million to reinforce much needed reforms and economic development."

The Iranian embassy in Lebanon on Tuesday lamented that “Lebanon’s enemies” have prevented Tehran from assisting the Lebanese people amid the current crisis.

“Iran had several times proposed to offer aid to the brotherly Lebanese people to help them overcome their crisis, but Lebanon’s enemies obstructed and exerted pressure to prevent things from reaching happy endings under frail excuses and alibis,” the embassy said in a tweet.

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea has said that the country’s new president must “act 180 degrees contrary to what we witnessed over the past six years, especially as to returning the strategic decision to the state.”

“The new president must also fight corruption fiercely, not through statements, and must not let his people and those around him commit major corruption with every sunrise,” Geagea added, in an interview with Saudi newspaper Okaz.

Twelve lawmakers from the Free Patriotic Movement-led Strong Lebanon bloc on Tuesday submitted a draft law aimed at “forming a parliamentary panel of inquiry into the offenses committed by Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh.”

“The Lebanese judiciary has refrained from prosecuting him despite the lawsuits filed against him in several foreign nations, and in the file of financial transfers to abroad,” the bloc said.