Prime Minister Saad Hariri arrived Thursday in Paris to take part in a meeting for the International Support Group for Lebanon, which will be held on Friday.

He described the meeting as “an important juncture for supporting the Lebanese economy and strengthening its resilience in the face of the refugee crisis.”

Nine children were killed and 14 others were injured when a huge fire gutted a Syrian refugee encampment Thursday in the western Bekaa town of Ghazze, the National News Agency said.

The blaze turned dozens of tents into ashes, the agency added, noting that the fire resulted from the explosion of a gas cylinder inside one of the tents.

Hizbullah said Thursday that the U.S. declaration of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel has closed all paths to negotiations, calling it a "treacherous and malicious aggression" against the rights of Palestinians.

U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement reaffirms that the only way to restore rights is through armed "resistance," Hizbullah's Loyalty to Resistance parliamentary bloc said in a statement issued after its weekly meeting.

Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geagea said on Thursday that US President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital is a flagrant “provocation for Muslims and Christians,” the National News Agency reported Thursday.

“Indeed it's a sad day in the history of the Middle East. I strongly denounce Trump's decision to move the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. This recognition undermines all peace efforts from the Oslo Accords to Camp David,” until the recent negotiations, said Geagea.

Speaker Nabih Berri called for a parliament meeting strictly dedicated to discuss the developments following US President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital, the National News Agency reported on Thursday.

"Berri called for a parliament meeting on Friday to discuss the Jerusalem issue," said NNA.

Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital has drawn sharp criticism around the world and in Lebanon, triggering series of denouncing statements and protests mainly in Palestinian refugee camps in the country.

People staged angry protests late on Wednesday in al-Beddawi Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon denouncing US President Donald Trump's move to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, the National News Agency reported on Thursday.

The International Support Group for Lebanon is expected to affirm solidarity with Lebanon during its Friday meeting, but it will also "strictly monitor" the commitment of the Lebanese government to the dissociation policy which could become “the basic criterion for providing assistance to Lebanon,” An Nahar daily reported Thursday.

President Michel Aoun and Prime Minister Saad Hariri on Wednesday deplored U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to recognize the disputed city of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.

“It is a dangerous decision that undermines the United States' credibility as a sponsor of the peace process in the region,” Aoun said in a tweet.

Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas said the United States can no longer play the role of peace broker after Donald Trump's decision on Wednesday to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital, describing the holy city as “the eternal capital of the State of Palestine.”

The Progressive Youth Organization, the youth wing of the Progressive Socialist Party, organized a sit-in Wednesday outside the U.N.'s headquarters in Beirut to denounce plans by US President Donald Trump to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital.

Organizers said the demo was being held in rejection of “any decision that alters Jerusalem's status as the capital of the State of Palestine.”