Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil accused Wednesday Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati of seeking constitutional means in order to keep the caretaker government and avoid forming a new cabinet.

"Mikati doesn't want to form a new government," Bassil said in a statement.

Huawei announced Wednesday it is working to help Lebanon lift its economy through technology.

"Lebanon stands at the precipice of change – it needs to move forward and prioritize the implementation of a resilient ICT strategy in order to secure its bright future," the CEO of Huawei in Lebanon, Aiden Li, said in a statement.

Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz has accused Hezbollah of military cooperation with Hamas.

Gantz warned that the "actions" of Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah would lead to a powerful response by the Israeli army.

U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) and the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) have kicked off exercise Resolute Union 2022.

The annual exercise focuses on maritime security operations, mine countermeasures and explosive ordnance disposal.

MP Ali Hassan Khalil, who is Speaker Nabih Berri’s political aide and a former finance minister, denied Tuesday a media report alleging that he has hired a law firm in the United States in order to lift the U.S. sanctions imposed on him.

These are “baseless fabrications,” Khalil said in a statement.

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Tuesday called for an end to “obstruction” and “political and constitutional absurdity,” in an apparent reference to the ongoing delay in the formation of a new government.

“We call on the international community to shoulder its responsibilities by pressing the political and security levels in the Israeli entity, reining in its hostility and compelling it to abide by the relevant U.N. resolutions,” Berri said in a written statement marking the first day of the 2006 war with Israel.

The missions of the caretaker government are “clear before and after the end of the presidential term,” sources close to PM-designate Najib Mikati have said.

“There will be an escalation in the coming period should the way begin to be paved for the possibility of (President Michel) Aoun’s staying in the Baabda Palace following the end of his tenure,” the sources told al-Jadeed TV.

Israel was mulling the possibility of filing a U.N. complaint against Lebanon over the drones that Hezbollah sent towards the Karish gas field, but it later shelved the idea at Washington’s request, al-Akhbar newspaper reported on Tuesday.

Israel refrained from filing the complaint “after the pressures of U.S. Ambassador Dorothy Shea on the Lebanese premier managed to secure a stance shirking responsibility in an official (Lebanese) statement,” al-Akhbar added, noting that the U.S. pressures were also aimed at avoiding any impact on U.S. President Joe Biden’s visit to the region.

French official sides informed Lebanon over the past few days that the negotiations with Israel over the demarcation of the sea border are “in Beirut’s interest,” the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation has reported.

“Provocative actions, such as the launching of drones, might harm the dialogue process,” the Israeli corporation quoted the French officials as telling Lebanon.

Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati will meet with President Michel Aoun after he returns from abroad where he is spending the Eid al-Adha vacation, sources close to Mikati said.

Mikati will discuss with the President a “host of suggestions” related to the formation of the new government, the sources told the PSP’s al-Anbaa news portal in remarks published Tuesday.