Retired members of the armed forces protested Friday their low salaries at Beirut's Riad al-Solh Square, blocking the road leading to the Grand Serail ahead of a cabinet session at the Serail in downtown Beirut.

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati postponed the session to Tuesday due to a lack of quorum, as some ministers couldn't reach the Grand Serail and the Free Patriotic Movement ministers boycotted the session.

Hezbollah fired Friday heavy-caliber Burkan rockets at the al-Jirdah Israeli post as Israeli shelling hit at least 10 southern Lebanese border towns.

Hezbollah also targeted the Bayyad Blida Israeli post and Israeli forces at the Mattat and the Ramim barracks, "inflicting deaths and injuries."

Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil on Friday accused caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati of seeking to violate the constitution and the law and MPs of seeking to “legislate in favor of a single person,” in reference to efforts to extend the term of Army chief Joseph Aoun.

During a meeting to discuss security on the Lebanese-Syrian border, British Ambassador to Lebanon Hamish Cowell expressed his condolences for the death of a Lebanese soldier in Lebanon last week and called for the restoration of calm on the Blue Line.

Leading international ratings agency Moody's has affirmed the Government of Lebanon's issuer rating at C and has changed the outlook to stable from no outlook.

Each day the Gaza war continues, the ripple effect to neighboring Arab countries will have lasting socioeconomic setbacks, two U.N. agencies have warned.

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea no longer expects anything from France or the U.S.

In an interview with French weekly news magazine Valeurs actuelles, Geagea said that France supported Hezbollah's presidential candidate, which he finds "unacceptable."

Parliament convened Thursday morning in a legislative session that did not discuss extending the term of Army chief General Joseph Aoun, ahead of his planned retirement in January.

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati attended the session boycotted by the Free Patriotic Movement MPs.

Hezbollah targeted Thursday a group of soldiers in the Shumira and the Yeftah barracks, while the Israeli army bombed Jabal al-Bat, Mays al-Jabal, al-Jebbayn, al-Khiam, Blida and the outskirts of al-Taybeh with artillery shells and warplane missiles.

Hezbollah announced the death of another one of its fighters, marking the 100th militant killed since clashes began with the Israeli military along the tense Lebanon-Israel border on Oct. 8.

As Parliament convenes Thursday and Cabinet convenes Friday to discuss extending the term of Army chief General Joseph Aoun, ahead of his planned retirement in January, former Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat said he supports Aoun's term extension in the cabinet session on Friday.

Jumblat said in remarks published Wednesday in An-Nahar that he prefers that all posts in the army be occupied, including the army command, chief of staff and the military council.