Free Patriotic Movement chief MP Jebran Bassil on Saturday stressed that all Lebanese sects have the right to be properly represented in the new government, as he called for a constitutional amendment that sets a deadline for PMs-designate to form a new government.

Bassil added, in a speech before parliament, that President Michel Aoun and the FPM are urging PM-designate Saad Hariri to form a new government and are not seeking to withdraw his designation.

Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri on Saturday lashed out at President Michel Aoun and accused him of obstructing the formation of the long-awaited government.

“The President is violating the constitution by insisting on granting the government his own confidence and he should let parliament vote on confidence,” Hariri said at a parliament session dedicated to debating a letter sent by Aoun to parliament regarding the complications that are blocking the new cabinet.

Speaker Nabih Berri on Saturday presided over a parliament session dedicated to discussing President Michel Aoun’s letter on the issue of the new government and the mission of PM-designate Saad Hariri.

State-run National News Agency said a large number of lawmakers were taking part in the session.

Caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab on Friday met with a delegation of Lebanon-based Hamas officials that was led by Ahmed Abdul Hadi, hours after the Palestinians hailed a victory in their 11-day war with Israel.

“The delegation demonstrated the facts of the victory of Gaza and Jerusalem and the details of the ceasefire,” the National News Agency said.

LibanPost has announced the launch of a Collection Service for the Order of Engineers & Architects in Tripoli and North Lebanon.

The service, which was launched on May 18, allows registered engineers to “pay their annual subscription fee at any LibanPost office all over Lebanon,” LibanPost said in a statement.

Free Patriotic Movement chief MP Jebran Bassil on Friday congratulated the Palestinian groups in Gaza on the “new victory” against Israel.

“In 2006, the resistance in Lebanon established the deterrence equation that consolidated stability and reined in Israel. In 2021, the resistance in Palestine established the deterrence equation that consolidated the right to self-determination and laid the cornerstone for the two-state solution,” Bassil tweeted.

Speaker Nabih Berri on Friday swiftly adjourned a parliamentary session after a letter sent by President Michel Aoun was recited, in an apparent bid to calm political tensions.

A new session will now be held at 2pm Saturday to discuss the letter.

Hizbullah hailed a "historic victory" for the Palestinians after a ceasefire took effect Friday between Israel and Gaza militants following 11 days of fighting.

"Hizbullah congratulates the heroic Palestinian people and its valiant resistance on the historic victory achieved... against the Zionist enemy," the group said in a statement.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Security Cabinet has approved a unilateral ceasefire to halt an 11-day military operation in the Gaza Strip, Israeli media said late Thursday.

The decision came after heavy U.S. pressure to halt the offensive. Multiple reports said the ceasefire was to go into effect at 2 a.m., just over three hours after the decision.

The northern city of Tripoli witnessed several security incidents on Thursday evening in connection with the Lebanese-Syrian unrest that rocked several Lebanese regions during the day.

As assailants in the city torched the Kataeb Party’s office and a clinic affiliated with the Lebanese Forces with Molotov cocktails, an Energa-type, rifle-fired grenade was launched in the area between al-Qobbeh and Bab al-Tabbaneh, wounding two people.