A fierce brawl broke out in Beirut’s Abou Shaker Square in Tariq el-Jadideh among knife wielding groups, the National News Agency reported on Friday.

A group of members and volunteers of the Civil Defense continue to block the road near the Interior Ministry in Beirut since Thursday, demanding that the Cabinet recruits them as paid full-time jobs, the National News Agency reported on Friday.

A convoy of Israeli warplanes crossed Lebanon’s airspace flying at a low altitude over Jbeil, Keserwan and Metn late on Thursday, the National News Agency said.

The Cabinet on Thursday extended the so-called state of general mobilization over coronavirus to July 5, as President Michel Aoun and Prime Minister Hassan Diab hit back at what they called political “campaigns” against the government.

Lebanon recorded a significant uptick of 50 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, as Health Minister Hamad Hasan said a woman repatriated from abroad has infected 42 people in the Iqlim al-Kharroub town of Barja.

Lebanon has provided temporary shelter for 35 homeless Ethiopian domestic workers who had camped outside their consulate after being abandoned by employers hit by the country's worsening economic crisis, the labor ministry said Thursday.

The body of a bank manager was found dead in the parking lot of his residential building in the area of Hazmieh, sustaining a head wound with a sharp object, the state-run National News agency reported on Thursday.

The Higher Defense Council suggested on Thursday an extension of the general mobilization period over the coronavirus pandemic, urging the media to continue to spread awareness so as to limit the number of infections.

The Cabinet convened at Baabda Palace on Thursday to tackle several pressing issues including a recommendation to extend the general mobilization period to curb the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.

Despite the international community’s dismay with the reluctance of Lebanon’s authority to carry out concrete rescue and reform initiatives, a new international opportunity arose on the horizon and is based on a “rescue” road map set by the European Union’s Ambassador to Lebanon Ralph Tarraf, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Thursday.