Hizbullah noted on Wednesday that Lebanon's Independence Day is a very important occasion for the Lebanese people due to the principles of loyalty and sacrifice that it entails.

It called in a statement the Lebanese people to unite around the equation of the people, army, and resistance.

French President Francois Hollande said on Wednesday that his country will not meddle in Lebanon's internal politics, urging all politicians to cooperate together to overcome the current crisis.

"We call on the Lebanese people to be aware of the importance of their country's stability and unity,” Hollande said after meeting with Lebanon's Prime Minister Najib Miqati in Paris.

Palestinian refugees living in Lebanese camps celebrated Wednesday after a bomb ripped through a bus in Tel Aviv injuring 17 people, camp residents told Agence France Presse.

In Nahr al-Bared camp in north Lebanon muezzins sang out words of praise to God via their megaphones, while fireworks lit the sky and fighters handed out sweets, residents said.

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea issued on Wednesday an open letter to Speaker Nabih Berri, condemning the continued parliamentary meetings in light of the 25 assassinations and failed assassination attempts in Lebanon in the past few years.

He declared: “We will not perform any routine duty until assassinations in Lebanon end.”

Special Tribunal for Lebanon Pre-Trial Judge Daniel Fransen will hold a hearing on November 27 as “part of his duties to ensure that the proceedings are not unduly delayed,” said the STL in a statement on Wednesday.

The Status Conference, which will begin at 2:30 pm (Central European time), will be public, it added.

The March 14 general-secretariat warned on Wednesday against any “adventure” that would open a new front in southern Lebanon in light of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip.

Following its weekly meeting, the general-secretariat announced in a statement “full solidarity with the Palestinian people that are being targeted by Israel and paying the price of its brutality.”

Eighteen-year-old Youssef Ali Bazzal was freed on Wednesday in Syria after his family paid a sum of money to win his release, media reports said.

According to the National News Agency, Bazzal's family paid the kidnappers around $60,000 in ransom in exchange for his release.

Alfa mobile network has launched the “Army Line,” an exclusive offer to the Lebanese Army with preferential rates on its calls, SMS and data, the state-run National News Agency said Wednesday.

The company launched the product at a press conference it held on Tuesday at the Martyr Naddaf Barracks in Amshit.

Examining Magistrate Judge Ziad Makna demanded in his indictment the death penalty against the killer of 22-year-old Roland Chbeir, who was murdered on October 28 by his friend.

Al-Akhbar newspaper reported on Tuesday that Makna accused Charbel Shallita of committing a premeditated crime.

The Lebanese Army Intelligence has reportedly arrested two men for belonging to Fatah al-Islam terrorist group, one of them a militant who receives direct orders from the network's leader Osama al-Shehabi.

High-ranking security sources told al-Joumhouria daily published Wednesday that Khalil Ahmed al-Boubou, who was jailed for five years after a 2006 attack on the Lebanese army at the Fakhreddine Barracks, was recently seized for helping an Algerian Fatah al-Islam militant escape Roumieh prison.