The Delegation of the European Union to Lebanon and Expertise France have announced the inauguration of the Headquarters of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Model Regiment in the Bint Jbeil town of Srebbine.

The Lebanese Army “stands behind the political authority in any decision it may take in the sea border demarcation file” and is not concerned with any other comments or analyses, Army Commander General Joseph Aoun said on Monday.

“We do not interfere in political affairs at all,” Gen. Aoun said, during a visit to the Fouad Shehab Command and Staff College.

The Lebanese Forces has agreed with the Progressive Socialist Party on a “unified approach” regarding the formation of the new government, LF leader Samir Geagea said on Monday.

“The opposition must unify its efforts in order to stop the ruling camp’s plans,” Geagea added, following talks in Maarab with MPs Akram Shehayyeb and Wael Abu Faour of the PSP.

President Michel Aoun on Monday said that Lebanon rejects Israel’s latest threats while stressing that the country is keen on the resumption of talks over sea border demarcation.

“We reject the threats of the Israeli enemy, which is acting in violation of international laws and resolutions,” Aoun said, in a meeting in Baabda with reformist MPs Melhem Khalaf, Ibrahim Mneimneh, Rami Fanj, Mark Daou, Waddah al-Sadek, Yassine Yassine and Najat Aoun.

French President Emmanuel Macron has expressed his condolences to Tamara Tayah, the daughter of Tarek Tayah, one of the two Lebanese victims of a helicopter that crashed in northern Italy, days ago.

Tamara had met with Macron in Lebanon after she had lost her jeweler designer mother in the massive Beirut port explosion.

Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil has warned against adopting Line 29 as it may result in "a political, media and perhaps military confrontation."

Bassil said that President Michel Aoun and Caretaker Prime minister Najib Miqati have agreed on an approach before negotiating with U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein who is due in Lebanon on Monday.

Israeli Army Chief Aviv Kochavi has warned that overwhelming force would be used in Lebanon in the next potential war with Hizbullah.

"The attack force will be unimaginable, like nothing you have witnessed before," he said, advising local Lebanese residents to leave "from the beginning of tensions and before the first shot is fired."

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi blamed Sunday "all officials, be them in power or in the opposition," for the "horrific collapse."

"The opposition forces could not manage to reach an agreement, while the rulers put Lebanon and the Lebanese at the mercy of foreign projects," al-Rahi said.

President Michel Aoun and caretaker Prime Minister Najib Miqati on Saturday met in Baabda and discussed “the Lebanese stance over the issue of the demarcation of the southern border,” state-run National News Agency said.

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Miqati on Friday stressed that no one should try to impose “conditions” on the country’s upcoming PM-designate.

“In principle, anyone informed on the Lebanese situation, including me, would dread this period’s difficulty and complications, that’s why I say that I’m not seeking (to be re-designated as PM),” Miqati said in response to a question, during his participation at a dialogue seminar organized by the Politics & Society Institute in the Jordanian capital, Amman.