Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi urged Wednesday for forming a new government quickly.

"I am praying for a government to be formed as soon as possible so that it can start accomplishing its duties as an executive authority," al-Rahi said.

Former head of the Army delegation to border negotiations Bassam Yassin said Wednesday that another ship is currently active near Line 29.

Yassin urged authorities to immediately amend Decree 6433, as he criticized them for "acting surprised" when it comes to the Israeli violations. "They know about what is happening from the media," Yassin said.

The U.N.-Habitat has announced a closing event on Friday to mark the completion of its implemented project in Maraach, Bourj Hammoud.

"Under the scope of two complementary projects, one entitled 'Improving the well-being of host and refugee populations in Maraach sub-neighborhood in Bourj Hammoud' funded by Polish Aid and the second entitled 'Support for the reconstruction and rehabilitation of most vulnerable urban areas in Beirut impacted by the port explosion' funded by the Embassy of Japan in Lebanon, and to mark the completion of this project, an official Closing Event is planned," U.N.-Habitat said in a statement.

The Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, has concluded a two-day visit to Ankara, Türkiye.

During the visit he met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Türkiye, Mr. Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, and senior representatives from Turkish aid institutions and Turkish parliamentarians to raise awareness of the current challenges facing Palestine refugees and discuss expanding UNRWA-Türkiye relations.

The so-called ‘change MPs’, or the lawmakers who emerged from the October 17 uprising, on Tuesday imposed elections – rather than the traditional consensus – in choosing the members of the parliamentary committees.

The election of the members of the finance and justice committees took a lot of time, the National News Agency said, as Speaker Nabih Berri decried the absence of “consensus.”

The United States has said that it “strongly” supports any efforts aimed at securing an agreement between Lebanon and Israel over the demarcation of their sea border, following tensions sparked by the arrival of a gas ship in the Karish offshore field.

“I don’t have any travel to announce or to preview at this time, but as you’ve heard from us before, the Israel-Lebanon maritime border, that’s a decision for both Israel and Lebanon to make,” U.S. State Department spokesman Ned Price said on Monday, when asked whether U.S. mediator Amos Hochstein intends to visit Lebanon and Israel.

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Miqati on Tuesday stressed the importance of keeping the sea border demarcation file “away from domestic bickering and political calculations,” seeing as it “concerns all Lebanese.”

In a statement, Miqati emphasized that “the Lebanese state is following up on this sovereign par excellence file,” adding that “it is being addressed through diplomatic means in order to reach positive results.”

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri announced Tuesday that U.S. energy mediator Amos Hochstein will visit Lebanon on “Sunday or Monday” to discuss the offshore gas row between Lebanon and Israel.

Berri made the announcement in response to remarks in parliament by MP Paula Yacoubian, who said that “the issue related to our maritime resources and Line 29 cannot be postponed,” suggesting that parliament discuss an urgent draft law that it has received in this regard.

the Oct. 17 MPs condemned Monday the arrival in disputed waters of a vessel intended to start producing gas for Israel.

"Amending the 6433 Decree is a national duty and we have legal proofs that Lebanon has the right to the Line 29," MP Melhem Khalaf said from Parliament on behalf of the reformist MPs.

Israel's Defense Minister Benny Gantz said Monday that the gas field dispute with Lebanon will be resolved through a U.S. mediation.

"The dispute will be resolved in the framework of negotiations between us and Lebanon, mediated by the United States," Gantz said.