The corruption case of Lebanon's former central bank governor, who is widely blamed for the country's economic meltdown, has been transferred to the country's highest court, judicial officials told The Associated Press on Tuesday.

Riad Salameh was released on $14 million bail in September after a year in prison while awaiting trial in Lebanon on corruption charges, including embezzlement and illicit enrichment.

Speaker Nabih Berri has said that he does not fear for Lebanon, noting that the country “has a strong weapon, which is unity.”

“This unity is what immunizes and protects the country and prevents its violation by the Israelis as is happening during this period,” Berri said in remarks to al-Joumhouria newspaper published Tuesday.

Ravers danced and swayed to the loud bass at a popular night club in the heart of the city of Beirut. It was another sold-out Saturday in the party capital of the Middle East.

What was different this time was the DJ at the helm. Before putting on his headphones, he had been leading a Mass at a Lebanese Catholic university.

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon said an Israeli tank fired near its peacekeepers on Monday, and warned that such attacks were becoming "disturbingly common".

UNIFIL has repeatedly reported Israeli fire near or towards its personnel in recent months, and less than two weeks ago said gunfire from an Israeli position hit close to peacekeepers twice.

Foreign Minister Youssef Rajji noted Monday that the 2024 ceasefire agreement between Lebanon and Israel is not limited to halting hostilities but also “stipulates the removal of arms, topped by Hezbollah’s weapons.”

“All political and economic files in Lebanon are on hold due to the failure to implement the monopolization of weapons,” Rajji, who represents the Lebanese Forces in the government, told Sky News Arabia.

Lebanon has been given a “grace period” for the near future regarding the removal of Hezbollah’s weapons, informed diplomatic sources said.

“The United States has shown a tacit understanding and has granted the Lebanese government a several-week grace period before beginning to hold it accountable regarding the launch of the second phase of the arms monopolization process,” the sources told al-Joumhouria newspaper in remarks published Monday.

Lebanon has recently received “clear Israeli messages” through international envoys who visited Beirut, a senior political source said.

The source told the Nidaa al-Watan newspaper that the envoys carried “a direct warning that Israel has prepared a very broad destructive military plan should Hezbollah interfere in any potential war between Israel and Iran.”

Prime Minister Nawaf Salam met Monday with the ambassadors of the five-nation group for Lebanon and told them that the country is determined to implement the arms monopolization plan north of the Litani River.

"I thanked the ambassadors of the Quintet for their visit and their continued support of our government’s reform path, particularly their commendation of the financial regularity and deposit recovery plan submitted by the government to parliament,” Salam said after the meeting.

U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa said Monday that a “deadline” is “the most important thing” for the issue of removing weapons north of the Litani River, after the Lebanese government said the army would submit in February a weapons monopolization plan for that region.

“Hopefully they will start quickly and finish quickly as well,” Issa told MTV in response to a question.

President Joseph Aoun’s overnight remarks on Hezbollah’s weapons caused “anger” among the ranks of the party, sources close to Hezbollah said.

“Hezbollah considers that its attempt to keep President Aoun neutral on the issue of arms has failed,” the sources added, in remarks to Al-Arabiya’s Al-Hadath channel.