Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea on Thursday commented on remarks by Hezbollah chief Sheikh Naim Qassem about the Lebanese state’s responsibility in confronting Israel’s violation of the ceasefire agreement.

At least 10 people were killed and 30 injured when a vehicle plowed into a crowd in a popular tourist district in the U.S. city of New Orleans, city authorities said Wednesday.

Hezbollah chief Sheikh Naim Qassem has said that "the resistance will continue, has recovered and possesses enough faith that allows it to become stronger."

The Israeli army on Tuesday identified Hezbollah members transferring weapons from a weapons depot in southern Lebanon to a nearby vehicle, the Israeli army said on Wednesday.

Free Patriotic Movement leader Jebran Bassil has called for an inter-Christian understanding on a president, ahead of an election session scheduled for January 9.

Bassil said there might be surprises in the session and called for consensus, in remarks published Tuesday in al-Joumhouria newspaper.

Deputy head of Hezbollah's political council Mahmoud Qmati has warned that Hezbollah will deal differently with Israeli soldiers if they remain in Lebanon for more than 60 days - an initial stage of a ceasefire reached in late November.

"We've committed to patience for 60 days and after that the present forces will become occupation forces and we'll deal with them accordingly," Qmati told Hezbollah's al-Manar on Monday.

Hezbollah MP Hassan Fadlallah condemned Monday the repeated Israeli violations of a ceasefire reached in late November, claiming that the ceasefire did not include any terms allowing these violations.

"We know this enemy and we know that the only way to confront it is by the resistance's weapons and the people-army-resistance equation," Fadlallah said, adding that the credibility of "those who want sovereignty" is now at stake.

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea has said that the ruling "establishment" in Lebanon is still entrenched and coherent.

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has called for parliament to convene on January 9 to elect a president, in an attempt to break a gridlock of over two years and reactivate the country's crippled state institutions.

The session will be open with successive rounds. "We might hold several rounds in the same session, what's important is for parliament to elect a president and for MPs to shoulder their responsibilities," Berri told An-Nahar newspaper, in remarks published Monday.

The Lebanese Civil Defense has been handed over at the Masnaa border crossing the bodies of two Lebanese men who were shot dead in Syria's Homs in addition to a wounded Lebanese national.