Parliament to convene next week as Lebanon faces tense days

The parliament bureau convened Thursday to discuss several laws before Speaker Nabih Berri called for a parliament session to be held next Thursday.

The MPs also discussed the latest security incidents, Deputy Speaker Elias Bou Saab said.

A Hezbollah member and a Kahaleh resident were killed Wednesday after a deadly clash erupted between Hezbollah members transporting arms in a truck and Kahaleh residents.

Earlier on Wednesday, CCTV footage and a forensic doctor’s report said that a veteran Lebanese Forces official has been abducted and killed in his hometown, the southern town of Ain Ebel.

Kataeb Party leader Sami Gemayel said that the identity of those who killed Elias Hasrouni "is clear as the sun" in an apparent reference to Hezbollah.

Ain Ebel residents also accused Hezbollah calling the group "the enemy of the interior".

Weeks ago, clashes erupted in the largest Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon between members of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah group and militants of Islamic groups and left 13 people dead and dozens wounded.