The Lebanese pound trades at 30000 for US$1 on the black market, dropping to a new low; the World Bank has described Lebanon's economic meltdown as one of the worst in the world since 1850

Peacekeepers from the UN Interim Force in Lebanon are present on the ground in the south of the country "despite escalating tensions" between Israel and Hezbollah, said UNIFIL spokesman Andrea Tenenti

The country will file an urgent complaint with the UN Security Council over what it called Israel's violation of its sovereignty by disrupting its navigation systems

A UNIFIL investigation into an Israeli tank that killed Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah and injured others in October in Lebanon said the Israeli attack killed the journalist when he was "clearly identifiable"