Celebratory gunfire that erupted Sunday in the wake of north Lebanon’s municipal elections wounded several people, including LBCI reporter Nada Andraous.

President Joseph Aoun has stressed that “diplomacy is the way to restore Lebanon’s full sovereignty,” adding that “no one in Lebanon wants war and everyone understands the need to limit arms to the hands of the state.”

Voting got underway Sunday in north Lebanon’s municipal and mayoral elections, which witnessed a higher number of clashes compared to last Sunday’s polls in the Mount Lebanon governorate.

Marada Movement chief Suleiman Franjieh said that the so-called Axis of Resistance is not in its best situation today, but added that “it is premature to say that it has ended, even if it has been dealt a very strong blow.”

Foreign Minister Youssef Rajji on Thursday met with French Ambassador to Lebanon Herve Magro, who handed him a copy of the documents and maps of the French archive that are related to the Lebanese-Syrian border, the French Ministry said.

President Joseph Aoun on Thursday visited the Central Bank in Beirut’s Hamra area and met with its newly-appointed governor Karim Souaid and his four deputies.

Prime Minister Nawaf Salam on Thursday inspected the northern Bekaa region and the border with Syria.

President Joseph Aoun on Thursday followed up on the security developments in south Lebanon after violent Israeli strikes targeted the Nabatieh region.

A woman and her daughter narrowly escaped unharmed Thursday after Israeli forces opened fire at their car on the Kfar Kila road in Lebanon’s southern border region, the state-run National News Agency said.

Around 20 violent Israeli airstrikes on Thursday targeted a mountainous area in the Nabatieh district without prior warning.

The Israeli army said the strikes targeted a "strategic" Hezbollah underground project that allegedly contained militants, weapons and wells. It added that the site was rendered inoperable due to the strikes.