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.”

The parliament bureau convened Thursday to discuss several laws before Speaker Nabih Berri called for a parliament session to be held next Thursday.

The MPs also discussed the latest security incidents, Deputy Speaker Elias Bou Saab said.

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Thursday met in Ain el-Tineh with the head of the Iranian parliament’s national security and foreign policy committee, Waheed Jalalzada.

A Hezbollah arms truck flipped over Wednesday on the Kahale road after which a deadly clash with residents erupted, media reports said.

TV networks said Hezbollah members opened fire in the area, killing a Kahale resident and wounding another person. One Hezbollah member was also killed in the incidents according to reports.