President Joseph Aoun stressed Tuesday that “Lebanon insists on the completion of the Israeli withdrawal from the territory that remains occupied in the south within the deadline specified in the agreement that was reached on November 27.”

Prime Minister-designate Nawaf Salam has asked the parliamentary blocs to provide him with the CVs of their miniter picks for the new government, media reports said.

The European Union on Tuesday announced a 60 million euro ($62 million) support package for Lebanon's armed forces, as the crisis-hit country seeks to implement a fragile truce between Israel and Hezbollah.

A meeting Monday of the ceasefire monitoring committee witnessed a negative atmosphere that does not indicate that Israel intends to withdraw from south Lebanon by the weekend, when the 60-day timeframe expires, al-Akhbar newspaper reported on Tuesday.

The Lebanese Forces on Tuesday denied a media report claiming that it is seeking to be allotted the energy portfolio in the new government in order to “defeat the Free Patriotic Movement.”

“This report is totally baseless, because the LF has never demanded the energy portfolio and is not negotiating on the basis of defeating or supporting anyone, but rather on the basis of the higher national interest, which requires moving forward with the (president’s) inaugural address and the (prime minister-designate’s) appointment speech,” the LF said.

Hezbollah has praised the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip as a victory for the Palestinian people, saying Israel did not achieve any of its objectives.

Hezbollah blasted the United States, saying that through its support to Israel, Washington is “a full partner in the crimes and genocide that the enemy committed against the Palestinian people.”

Residents trickled back to the southern Lebanese town of Bint Jbeil on Monday as the Israeli army withdrew and Lebanese forces, alongside U.N. peacekeepers, moved in to secure the area.

This marks another town from which Israeli troops have withdrawn following the U.S.- and French-brokered ceasefire that ended the 14-month conflict between Hezbollah and Israel on Nov. 27.

Judicial and security officials in Beirut say a Lebanese man has confessed on giving information to Israel about Hezbollah in return for money and has been referred to the country’s prosecutors.

The three judicial and three security officials said Monday that the man, who is from the border village of Beit Leef, crossed into Israel recently where he gave information about Hezbollah posts and some members in the area before returning to Lebanon.

Shiites allies Hezbollah and the Amal Movement are trying to prove that consensus between them will continue in the new political phase in Lebanon, with Hezbollah chief Sheikh Naim Qassem saying that “the selection of the new president came after consensus between Hezbollah and the Amal Movement.”

Sources informed on the relation between the Shiite duo have however said, in remarks to the Nidaa al-Watan newspaper, that “a crisis confidence is growing” between the two parties regarding the management of the political file.

The Lebanese Forces accused Hezbollah Monday of contradicting the stances of Lebanon's new president and prime minister by refusing to be disarmed, "disavowing the ceasefire agreement."

Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem had said the group’s weapons should be part of a national defense strategy that is discussed in a national dialogue and warned that no Lebanese side should try to take advantage of the Israel war to make gains internally.