A Kataeb Party source has clarified remarks voiced by party chief Sami Gemayel from the unrest-hit town of Kahale, noting that the Kataeb leader did not call for taking up arms to confront Hezbollah.

“We are no longer in traditional political moment and Hezbollah must decide whether or not it wants to live with the rest of the Lebanese under the ceiling of the constitution and equality,” the source told Asharq al-Awsat newspaper in remarks published Saturday.

Lebanon’s national television, Tele Liban, went off air on Friday amid an employees’ strike.

Acting Central Bank Governor Wassim Mansouri on Friday held talks with Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Walid Bukhari at the Saudi Embassy in Beirut.

Marada Movement chief and presidential candidate Suleiman Franjieh on Friday held talks in Diman with Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi.

Fadi Bejjani, a Kahale resident killed in the latest clash with Hezbollah members, was laid to rest Friday in his hometown.

The Israeli army has hosted a U.S. Democratic Congressional Delegation organized by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC).

The delegation of 24 House Democrats was led by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Congressman Steny Hoyer.

Caretaker Defense Minister Maurice Slim announced Thursday that he was unharmed after the rear door glass of his car was hit with gunshots in the Jisr el-Bacha area.

Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil said Thursday that the Shiite unity is not enough and that the resistance needs national unity.

"Kahale represents for all of us a great symbol of struggle," Bassil said.

Kataeb party leader Sami Gemayel said Thursday that the situation is dangerous and unacceptable, after deadly clashes between Hezbollah members and residents of the Christian town of Kahaleh left two dead.

"We are no longer ready to coexist with these arms and this armed militia in Lebanon," Gemayel decried.

Grand Jaafarite Mufti Sheikh Ahmed Qabalan on Thursday described Hezbollah member Ahmed Qassas, who was killed in the Kahale clash, as “the martyr of the entire country and one of the country’s protectors.”