Lebanon on Wednesday recorded 21 new coronavirus cases, which raises the country's total to 1,161, the Health Ministry said.

Prime Minister Hassan Diab, Defense Minister Zeina Akar and Army Chief Joseph Aoun visited the UNIFIL headquarters in Naqoura on Wednesday after reported disputes between the peacekeeping forces and residents in South Lebanon.

Al-Mustaqbal parliamentary bloc rejected the recent calls for federalism and the attempts to "overthrow" the Taef Accord.

New directives have been put in place over the outbreak of coronavirus as Lebanon prepared to ease lockdown measures in light of its crisis-hit economy, but authorities have imposed fines on individuals who fail to wear face masks in public to counter the virus spread.

Lebanon recorded 21 cases on Tuesday, 13 in the town of Majdal Anjar, 6 among Lebanese expats, and 2 among Lebanese residents raising the total of infections to 1140.

Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Tuesday rejected a US request to empower a UN peacekeeping force patrolling the border with Israel.

Health Minister Hamad Hasan said extending the so-called general mobilization measures against the COVID-19 coronavirus is up to the Cabinet to decide, as he urged the Lebanese to abide by safety measures to prevent a second wave, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Tuesday.

Long before the pandemic struck, they lived and worked in conditions that rights groups called exploitative — low wages, long hours, no labor law protections.

Now, some 250,000 registered migrant laborers in Lebanon — maids, garbage collectors, farm hands and construction workers — are growing more desperate as a crippling economic and financial crisis sets in, coupled with coronavirus restrictions.

Israeli warplanes conducted mock raids on Monday flying at medium altitude over the southern region of Marjayoun, the National News Agency reported.

The Presidency’s media office on Monday slammed illness “rumors” and assured that President Michel Aoun is in perfect good health.

As Lebanon marks its Resistance and Liberation Day that saw Israel’s withdrawal from its territories in 2000, an Israeli official said his country’s “confrontation with Lebanon is not over.”