Prime Minister Najib Miqati on Thursday noted that he is “dealing positively and openly with the challenges,” while pointing out that there are “limits” for his flexibility.

“It is true that I am dealing positively and openly with the challenges, no matter their magnitude, and I’m giving discussion and dialogue their maximum capacity, but it is also true that dialogue stops at the limits of national and personal beliefs from which I will never deviate,” Miqati said at a ceremony in Tripoli.

Israel has warned Hizbullah against initiating any military action, as it announced that it is willing to offer “concessions” in the negotiations over offshore gas and oil resources.

“We don’t fear Hizbullah’s military power and if it decides to attack us, it will pay a hefty price along with Lebanon,” Al-Arabiya’s Al-Hadath TV quoted a senior Israeli security source as saying.

Arab League Assistant Secretary-General Hossam Zaki has said that the Lebanese officials are “keen on doing what it takes to serve Lebanon’s interests.”

He pointed out, in a televised interview, that the Lebanese leaders’ stance can break down the wall between Lebanon and the Gulf, “despite Hizbullah’s objection.”

Hizbullah deputy chief Sheikh Naim Qassem on Wednesday stressed that “it was Saudi Arabia that started the problem with Lebanon” and not the other way around, amid an unprecedented diplomatic crisis with Riyadh and other Gulf capitals.

“We don’t demand anything from it other than stopping its interference in our domestic affairs,” Qassem added.

Prime Minister Najib Miqati visited Wednesday the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Beirut and discussed with Metropolitan Elias Aude the repercussions of the Beirut port blast and the country’s economic hardship.

“We discussed the living, educational and health conditions of the Lebanese,” Miqati said after meeting Aude.

Kuwait is to limit the number of visas it issues for Lebanese nationals as a diplomatic row festers between Beirut and Gulf states, a security source in the emirate said Wednesday.

Marking over “a decade of strong bilateral military partnership and friendship,” British Ambassador to Lebanon Ian Collard made a visit to the 2nd Land Border Regiment in the Bekaa, the British embassy said.

President Michel Aoun tweeted Wednesday that “innocents do not fear the judiciary.”

He added that “those who put themselves in the accusation position mustn't blame those who think badly of them.”

The Lebanese Judges Association warned Wednesday against judicial politicization, urging the politicians to stop interfering in the Judiciary and to “let the judicial path go on without abuse.”

They said in a statement that “Lebanese politicians tend to destroy anything they deal with.”

The Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) has announced a US$ 18 million contribution to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in support of its core resources for 2021 and 2022.

The total contribution of US$ 18 million will be disbursed in multiple tranches, with US$ 10 million in 2021 and US$ 8 million in 2022.