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France has asked the U.S. administration that French envoy Jean-Yves Le Drian make a last-ditch attempt to break the presidential impasse in Lebanon, after Lebanese leaders received the five-nation group’s “heated” message, sources informed on the French-U.S. talks said.

A preliminary presidential agreement has been reached between the Free Patriotic Movement and Hezbollah, FPM chief Jebran Bassil said.
"We have reached a preliminary agreement with Hezbollah on a course leading to a consensual candidate in return for national demands," Bassil revealed, adding that "it is not possible to elect a president without an understanding" and that he is counting on an "inter-Lebanese dialogue."

Following a week-long suspension of services in Ain el-Helweh due to armed clashes, UNRWA has now resumed its operations within the camp.
Health Centre II has been reopened and resumed provision of medical care to Palestine Refugee patients. Many children including newborns were brought to the centre for treatment and vaccination.

Visiting the tense occupied Shebaa Farms region on Tuesday, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant warned Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah against “making a mistake.”

The Lebanese Army on Tuesday organized a Blue Line tour for the representatives of the U.N. Security Council members.

"The likelihood of another Israel-Lebanon war is as high as ever," Israel Hayom claimed.
The Israeli daily said Monday that officials estimate 6,000 missiles launched into Israel in the first days of war and between 1,500-2,000 onward which will lead to the death of approximately 500 civilians and the injury of thousands.

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea blamed Tuesday the "demonic alliance" between the Axis of Defiance and the Free Patriotic Movement for the tragic situation in Lebanon, as he criticized the government for borrowing from the Central Bank.
"Borrowing from the Central Bank is illegal," Geagea said, dubbing the successive finance ministries a "disaster".

Acting Central Bank Governor Wassim Mansouri has emphasized that “the decision of halting the funding of the state’s needs is final and irreversible, no matter how much pressures escalates on him from now until the end of the month,” sources close to him said.

The United States and Qatar are pressing the Lebanese opposition forces to “unite behind the presidential nomination of Army chief General Joseph Aoun,” ad-Diyar newspaper reported on Tuesday.

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri considers the September dialogue -- proposed by French envoy Jean Yves Le Drian -- an opportunity "not to be missed."
Berri told al-Joumhouria newspaper, in remarks published Tuesday, that an agreement could be reached through September's dialogue.
