AMAL Movement issued a statement on Thursday replying to Israel's threats about an offshore gas block, stressing it will confront the “Zionist aggressive ambitions.”

AMAL Movement and Hizbullah officials in Mount Lebanon and the North held a meeting Thursday and announced they will run in unified lists in the upcoming parliamentary elections, as they strongly denounced the foreign minister's remarks about AMAL chief Speaker Nabih Berri.

Ali Akbar Velayati, an adviser to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Thursday that Iran's influence in the region is “indispensable” as he stressed that Iran "will continue to support Hizbullah."

Supporters of AMAL Movement chief Speaker Nabih Berri opened gunfire shots into the air late on Wednesday in the Beirut's southern suburbs neighborhood of Hadath in protest to the foreign minister's remarks about Berri which compelled an intervention on the Lebanese army's part, the National News Agency reported.

Hizbullah on Wednesday hit back at Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman over remarks about offshore gas, pledging to “confront any attack” on Lebanon's “oil and gas rights.”

“Lieberman's statements are a new reflection of the continuous Israeli ambitions regarding Lebanon's resources, land and waters, and are part of the hostile policy against Lebanon and its sovereignty and legitimate rights,” Hizbullah said in a communique.

Hundreds of AMAL Movement supporters took part Wednesday evening in a rally outside the Education Ministry in Beirut's UNESCO Palace area.

The rally organized by AMAL students, teachers and university professors was held in protest at Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil's leaked remarks against Parliament Speaker and AMAL leader Nabih Berri.

Several Lebanese ministers swiftly reacted Wednesday to remarks by Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman on an offshore gas block.

Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil reminded of a January 18 letter to the U.N. in which he said that “the Lebanese republic asserts its right to use all means possible to defend itself and its legitimate and documented economic interests in the event of any attack.”

Israel's defense minister warned Wednesday that should war erupt again with Hizbullah, Lebanon will "pay the full price" for Iran's entrenchment.

Accusing Hizbullah of sacrificing Lebanon's national interests by "subjugating fully to Iran," Avidgor Lieberman warned that, as a result, all of Lebanon will be fair game in a future war.

In light of the latest political tension between Speaker Nabih Berri and Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil over the latter's comments about the Speaker, Prime Minister Saad Hariri has postponed this week's government meeting until the atmospheres “calm down” between the two, media reports said on Wednesday.

Prime Minister Saad Hariri met with his Turkish counterpart Benali Yildirim in Turkey where talks focused on regional and bilateral issues and ways to activate economic and trade ties between the two countries, Hariri's media office said in a statement on Wednesday.