The U.N. children's agency earlier has warned that Lebanon's lengthy power cuts are impeding access to safe water.

"More than four million people across Lebanon... face the prospect of critical water shortages or being completely cut off from safe water supply in the coming days," UNICEF said in a statement.

The international Support Group for Lebanon has expressed its "deep regrets" over the loss of life and injuries resulting from the explosion of a fuel tanker in the Akkar province on August 15.

"This tragic incident occurred in the context of acute fuel shortages now affecting Lebanon, with severe repercussions for essential services, including electricity provision, public health, public water supply, as well as businesses and livelihoods," the ISG said in a statement.

President Michel Aoun on Friday called on the United Nations to address Israel’s violations of Lebanon’s airspace, hours after Israel carried out an airstrike on Syria from Lebanon’s skies.

Aoun voiced his remarks during a meeting in Baabda with U.N. Special Coordinator for Lebanon Joanna Wronecka.

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) is “extremely alarmed by the rapid deterioration of the situation in Lebanon and its effects on Palestine refugees,” it said in a statement.

“Between the economic and financial meltdown, COVID-19, the disastrous impact of the Beirut Port explosion, and as the country plunges deeper into multiple crises, Palestine refugees, one of Lebanon’s most vulnerable communities, struggle ever harder to survive,” UNRWA warned.

President Michel Aoun has hit out at Prime Minister-designate Najib Miqati, accusing him of not wanting to form a government, according to a political source.

The source told Asharq al-Awsatt newspaper, in remarks published Friday that Aoun is trying to hold Miqati responsible for the delay in the government formation process.

Caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab on Friday asked caretaker Foreign Minister Zeina Akar to file an urgent U.N. complaint against Israel over its violation of Lebanon’s airspace during the overnight strike on Syria.

Diab said Israel “violated Lebanese sovereignty and subjected the safety of civilian aviation and the lives of Lebanese and foreign civilian passengers to a direct danger.”

The Syndicate of the Gas Filling Factories in Lebanon announced Friday that the Banque du Liban has approved the entry of a ship carrying 5,000-ton of liquid gas on Monday, August 23.

The syndicate reassured the Lebanese that "this vital substance will remain available in the coming days."

Israeli warplanes overflew Lebanon at low altitude on Thursday night and missiles were reportedly seen crossing the Lebanese airspace during an airstrike on the suburbs of the Syrian regions of Damascus and Homs.

The sounds of the fighter jets and missiles sparked panic in the Lebanese capital and other Lebanese regions.

Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Thursday announced that a first ship carrying diesel and other essential goods would sail from Iran to Lebanon "within hours," warning the U.S. and Israel against targeting it.

President Michel Aoun’s adviser for Russian affairs, ex-MP Amal Abu Zeid, has held talks in Russia with Mikhail Bogdanov -- the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister and Presidential Special Envoy for the Middle East and Africa.