Hamas officials buried three of their members Tuesday who were killed by gunfire in a tense Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon days earlier. The militant group accused members of a rival faction of the deadly shooting.

Ayman Shanaa, an official with the militant group, told mourners that Fatah militia members were behind the shootings, which he called a "heinous and cowardly crime."

Protestors blocked roads Tuesday in Beddawi, Tripoli with trucks to object against an unprecedented LBP collapse, worsening inflation and people’s despair.

Later in the day, demonstrators blocked the Khalde highway that links Beirut to the South and the vital Corniche al-Mazraa road in the capital.

President Michel Aoun said Tuesday that he “supports calling for a Cabinet session, even if it gets boycotted.”

“The (government’s) paralysis cannot persist,” Aoun said in a meeting with the editors’ syndicate. “There are matters that need to be addressed.”

French Presidential Envoy Pierre Duquesne’s visit to Lebanon is a serious French endeavor to support Lebanon, diplomatic sources said.

The sources told al-Joumhouria newspaper, in remarks published Tuesday, that Duquesne’s visit “is not exploratory,” but rather shows a French tangible willingness to “revive Lebanon’s chances to overcome its crisis.”

Beirut port blast investigator Judge Tarek Bitar does not seem to be in a hurry to set dates for the interrogation of the politicians who are accused in the case, seeing as he has dedicated his work this week to hearing testimonies of civilian witnesses, a media report said.

The investigative judge will complete some measures before scheduling interrogation session for the politicians – ex-PM Hassan Diab and MPs Ghazi Zoaiter, Ali Hassan Khalil and Nouhad al-Mashnouq – as well as former military and security leaders,” informed sources told Kuwait’s al-Anbaa newspaper in remarks published Tuesday.

The promised French-Saudi aid for Lebanon will not be delivered through Lebanese state institutions, French Ambassador to Lebanon Anne Grillo said in an interview overnight.

“This is a condition that has been made by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,” Grillo added.

UNIFIL Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Stefano Del Col has chaired a Tripartite meeting with senior Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and Israeli army officers in Ras Al Naqoura.

"In his remarks, Major General Del Col reflected on developments in UNIFIL’s area of operations over the past twelve months, including serious incidents along the Blue Line, air space violations and breaches of the cessation of hostilities," UNIFIL said in a press release.

British Ambassador to Lebanon Ian Collard and Minister of Interior Bassam al-Mawlawi have held a joint visit to the newly established Northern Command and Control Center (NLCCC), funded by the UK’s Conflict, Security and Stability Fund.

"As part of our continuing support to the Lebanese Internal Security Forces (ISF), and within the framework of the joint MOU signed in April 2021, British Ambassador to Lebanon Ian Collard and Minister of Interior Judge Bassam al-Mawlawi held a joint visit to the newly established Northern Command and Control Center (NLCCC), accompanied by General Marwan Sleilati, representing ISF Director General Imad Otyman, and representatives from across security institutions," the UK embassy said in a press release.

Interior Minister Bassam al-Mawlawi told Egypt’s MENA news agency that he expects the elections to take place in May.

“The elections won’t take place in March, unless President Michel Aoun agrees to sign, before December 27, the decree amending the electoral law and rescheduling elections for March 27,” Mawlawi said. “But Aoun is firm on his refusal to sign the decree,” the minister affirmed.

Prime Minister Najib Miqati on Monday told French presidential envoy Pierre Duquesne that “the contacts are still ongoing to resume Cabinet sessions, especially that the upcoming period requires holding intensive Cabinet sessions to take decision on numerous files.”

Miqati, however, noted that “calling for a Cabinet session without securing the appropriate circumstances might lead to further political tensions and might complicate the solutions.”