Lebanon’s private hospitals on Monday began a strike that will last until Saturday in protest at a judicial verdict that has been issued in the case of the child Ella Tannous.

“The Syndicate of Hospitals in Lebanon announces that the admission of patients into the various departments of all private hospitals, including outpatient clinics, will be suspended from today until Saturday, May 15, 2021, except for emergency cases and dialysis and chemical therapy patients,” the Syndicate said in a statement.

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Sunday called on officials concerned with the formation of the new government to “quickly leave the prisons of their preconditions.”

Al-Mustaqbal Movement deputy head Mustafa Alloush has noted that the main reason behind French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian’s visit to Lebanon was to “inform Lebanese officials that the French initiative has ended.”

French President Emmanuel Macron intends to invite Lebanese leaders to hold a conference in Paris, Lebanon’s state-run Tele Liban television has reported.

Hizbullah has upped its readiness to 100% in south Lebanon and Syria's Quneitra as a precautionary measure related to a major Israeli military exercise that will last one month, media reports said on Sunday.

Lebanon’s Foreign Ministry on Saturday condemned the Israeli attacks on Palestinians in occupied Jerusalem.

Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri reportedly dismissed plans to step back from his mission to form a cabinet, with sources expecting him to accelerate contacts with Maronite Patriarch Beshara el-Rahi and Speaker Nabih Berri on the government impasse, the PSP-affiliated al-Anbaa e-magazine reported Saturday.

The Lebanese Army on Friday announced receiving food aid from Oman that is aimed at helping the military institution cover the nutritional needs of its personnel.

Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Friday reassured supporters that he is not infected with Covid-19, noting during a live televised address that his ongoing cough is from a trachea infection and that he has no other symptoms.

Caretaker Health Minister Hamad Hassan on Friday chaired a meeting for the ministry’s staff that discussed “the executive course of the national vaccination plan,” the National News Agency said.

“During the meeting, measures were approved to avoid the flaws that were recorded over the past period and to follow up on some violations at a number of vaccination centers,” NNA said.