Lawyers are scheduled to deliver opening statements Monday at the trial of the Lebanese-American man charged with trying to fatally stab author Salman Rushdie in front of a lecture audience in western New York.

Rushdie, 77, is expected to testify during the trial of Hadi Matar, bringing the writer face-to-face with his knife-wielding attacker for the first time in more than two years.

The Israeli military said it carried out an air strike on Sunday targeting a tunnel on the border between Syria and Lebanon allegedly used by Hezbollah to smuggle weapons.

Prime Minister Nawaf Salam formed a government on Saturday after weeks of tough political deliberations over its 24 ministers, ending more than two and a half years of caretaker leadership.

Salam has vowed not to name members of political parties, which often follow sectarian lines and have long been accused of corruption.

Six people were killed and two injured in Lebanon on Saturday in an Israeli drone strike in the area of Janata near the eastern border with Syria, Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported.

The Israeli military said in a statement that it struck “Hezbollah operatives” who “were operating in a strategic weapons manufacturing and storage site” belonging to the militant group.

The Lebanese Army said it had responded to incoming fire from across the Syrian border on Saturday, two days after the new authorities in Damascus said they had launched operations against smugglers in the area.

EU High Representative Kaja Kallas on Saturday warmly congratulated Lebanon on the formation of a new government, wishing Prime Minister Nawaf Salam and the entire government "full success in delivering on the aspirations of the Lebanese people."

"I extend my congratulations in particular to Youssef Rajji for his appointment as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants, and look forward to engaging with him," she added.

Below are the names of the new government’s ministers as announced by Council of Ministers Secretary-General Mahmoud Makkiyeh:

The United Nations welcomed the formation of a new government in Lebanon on Saturday, which ended more than two years under a caretaker cabinet.

The U.S. Embassy in Beirut on Saturday welcomed the formation of a new government in Lebanon, despite the latest remarks by Deputy U.S. Envoy for Middle East Morgan Ortagus, who warned against Hezbollah’s participation in the new cabinet.

Lebanon's prime minister named a new government on Saturday, the presidency announced, after an agreement was reached to appoint Fadi Makki as the so-called "fifth Shiite minister." Makki will serve as State Minister for Administrative Development.

Premier Nawaf Salam vowed to "restore confidence between citizens and the state, between Lebanon and its Arab surroundings, and between Lebanon and the international community" and to implement reforms needed to bring the country out of an extended economic crisis.