Health Minister Hamad Hasan said extending the so-called general mobilization measures against the COVID-19 coronavirus is up to the Cabinet to decide, as he urged the Lebanese to abide by safety measures to prevent a second wave, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Tuesday.

Israeli warplanes conducted mock raids on Monday flying at medium altitude over the southern region of Marjayoun, the National News Agency reported.

The Presidency’s media office on Monday slammed illness “rumors” and assured that President Michel Aoun is in perfect good health.

As Lebanon marks its Resistance and Liberation Day that saw Israel’s withdrawal from its territories in 2000, an Israeli official said his country’s “confrontation with Lebanon is not over.”

The appointments at high-ranking positions within the Central Bank of Lebanon will be discussed during the Cabinet meeting likely to be held on Friday, the Saudi Asharq al-Awsat reported on Monday.

Lebanon on Sunday confirmed 17 more COVID-19 coronavirus cases, which raises the country's tally to 1,114, the Health Ministry said.

Al-Mustaqbal Movement leader ex-PM Saad Hariri performed the Eid al-Fitr prayer Sunday at the Imam Ali Mosque in Tariq al-Jedideh, in the presence of former MP Ammar Houry and a number of religious figures and dignitaries and a crowd of worshipers.

Upon leaving the mosque, worshipers and a large group of people from Tariq al-Jedideh – a Mustaqbal bastion -- gathered around Hariri and reiterated their support for him.

Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Latif Daryan stressed Sunday that Dar al-Fatwa, the country's highest Sunni Muslim religious authority, does not tolerate any “marginalization” of the premiership or “encroachment on the prime minister's powers.”

The Health Ministry said that eleven people have tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus on Saturday, showing a slight decline after a worrisome sudden increase over this week.

Speaker Nabih Berri scheduled a legislative session to be held next week, according to a statement from his office on Saturday.