Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil on Monday noted that the country can overcome its financial deficit without “touching bank deposits or selling the state's assets.”

Israeli warplanes on Monday staged mock raids at medium altitude over the southern Lebanese regions of Nabatiyeh and Iqlim al-Tuffah, the National News Agency said.

Former Grand Sunni Mufti of the Republic Sheikh Mohammed Rashid Qabbani warned on Monday against seizing part of of people’s life savings in banks, saying it is “prohibited” in Islam.

Four individuals have tested positive for the novel coronavirus COVID-19 on Monday, raising Lebanon’s cases to 677, the Health Ministry announced.

A series of measures and traffic directives will be taken during the Parliament’s three-day legislative sessions to be held this week exceptionally at Beirut’s UNESCO Palace, the Internal Security Forces Directorate said in a statement on Monday.

Lebanese have called for mass rallies this week to protest against the country’s “economic and financial deterioration,” after months of mass anti-government rallies brought to a halt over the coronavirus outbreak, media reports said on Monday.

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Sunday stressed that “this is not the time for futile political conflicts and alignments” but rather for “common action to rescue the country and the people.”

“The people are not searching for loyalists and opponents but rather for rescuers,” al-Rahi said in his Sunday Mass sermon.

Interior Minister Mohammed Fahmi on Sunday revised the duration of the nighttime coronavirus curfew and essential shop closure.

According to a memo issued by Fahmi, at Prime Minister Hassan Diab's directions, the curfew will now begin at 8pm instead of 7pm. It will still end at 5am.

Only one coronavirus case was confirmed in Lebanon over the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry said on Sunday.

Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of Beirut Elias Aude on Sunday warned the government against seizing any funds from depositors' bank accounts, urging it to serve all the people and not only certain components.