United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Michael Williams expressed U.N.'s deep concerns Tuesday about the reports on Teir Felsay's explosion .

"We are following up on this matter closely since it is related to Resolution 1701 in anticipation of the results of the investigations conducted by UNIFIL and the Lebanese Army on the incident," said Williams after meeting PM-designate Saad Hariri on Tuesday.

While security sources have reported that as many as nine people were killed in the explosion that ripped through the garage of Nasser Issa’s home in south Lebanon, the Shiite group denied any fatalities and claimed that only one person was wounded.

Al Liwaa newspaper on Tuesday, citing an official security report, said nine people were killed and several others were wounded in the explosion that was the result of a left-over Israeli rocket from the 2006 war.

A security source reported that the explosion knocked down a three-story building that might have been used to store weapons.

A Lebanese army communique issued Tuesday said, however, that one person was wounded in the blast that was caused by a rocket explosion.

An-Nahar newspaper, for its part, quoted security sources as saying five people were killed in the blast that tore apart the house of the Hezbollah official and reported that the first story was blackened by a fire. The security sources said Issa was rushed to the hospital with serious injuries.

Voice of Lebanon radio station on the other hand reported a different version of the story. It quoted its correspondent in south Lebanon as saying that the explosion was the result of a blast that ripped through a rocket launcher at Issa's garage.

Spokeswoman for the U.N. peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon Yasmina Bouziane said UNIFIL was aware of the blast and was in contact with the Lebanese army. "We are looking into the circumstances of the incident," Bouziane said.

Despite Hezbollah's denial, the Israeli army said in a statement the explosion "proves again the presence of weapons forbidden in southern Lebanon" under U.N. Resolution 1701. "The Israeli army has asked the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) to launch an investigation," the statement said.

Last July another explosion in an abandoned building in Khirbit Selim in southern Lebanon was said to have been caused by a fire in a secret Hezbollah arms depot. Hezbollah said at the time that the building housed ammunition leftover from Israeli attacks on Lebanon.

Regardless what happened yesterday , the presence of illegal arms in the hands of a party that is under the influence of a foreign power is dangerous for Lebanon and undermines our independence , sovereignty and freedom

Tuesday

11:55 pm OSLO, Norway : In a rare public defense of a process normally shrouded in secrecy, four of the Nobel Peace Prize jury's five judges spoke out Tuesday about their decision to award peace prize to Obama and said the selection was merited and unanimous.

10;00 pm Reuters: A US State Department official said Russia's president told Hillary Clinton on Tuesday there should be sanctions on Iran if it did not implement promises made to world powers about its disputed nuclear programme.

9:55pm Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party accepted on Tuesday Egypt's plan for separate signings of a reconciliation deal with Hamas after the Islamist group balked at attending a unity cabinet

9:44pm US Army central command chief left Beirut

9:36pm Caretaker Deputy Prime Minister Issam Abu Jamra: I believe that the new government will see light by the end of this week.

8:18pm minister Khalifa told OTV: Too many people are unnecessarily taking the flu vaccine . Those that really need it are children below 10 , people over 60, people with diabetes and high blood pressure and those with immunity problems

8:16pm Head of the pharmacy union told OTV: any vaccine price gauging will lead to prosecution . There is no truth to the rumors about the presence of swine flu vaccine in the market

8:15pm March 14 general-secretariat announced the postponement of its weekly meeting that was to be held on Wednesday.

8:04pm OTV: Aoun will get all his share of ministers and Bassil will return with a portfolio . The ministry of communication will be taken from rabiyeh and be awarded to a neutral party ( meaning president Suleiman )

8:02pm Hezbollah source told LBC : The Teir Felsay explosion happened when one element tried to tamper with a projectile that was left over from the July 2006 war

8:00pm Future News TV: PM-designate Hariri will meet at night delegates from Hezbollah and Amal to discuss the cabinet's issue. He will also hold meetings with all parties in the coming days.

7:59 pm LBC: Hariri explained to Aoun that he could not get 5 portfolios and consequently he will be a getting a ministry without portfolio

7:40pm Jumblatt told al Manar TV : all we are asking for is the ministry of public works . We do not want the ministry of communication

5:41pm Army Commander General Jean Kahwaji after examining the army units deployed in Shiyah and Ain al-Rummaneh: We will not allow those who want to undermine security to exploit any security breach.

3:50pm U.N. Special Coordinator for Lebanon Michael Williams after meeting PM-designate Hariri: We are worried about the reports on Teir Felsay's explosion .

3:15pm UNIFIL spokeswoman Yasmina Bouziane: UNIFIL is conducting investigations in Teir Felsay's incident in a close collaboration and cooperation with the Lebanese Army.

2:50pm Al Mustaqbal parliamentary bloc considered that the discussions held by PM-designate Hariri are a result of his eagerness to form the cabinet inspired by the Constitution, democratic system, and the June 7 elections results.

2:40pm Two Lebanese families barred to Israel returned to Lebanon via the Naquora gate. International Red Cross handed them over to the Lebanese security forces who released them after a while.

1:15pm Caretaker PM Saniora is heading al-Mustaqbal bloc meeting in Qoreitem.

1:00pm Al-Sayegh delivered to Sfeir a message of appreciation and friendship for his firm national stance.

11:45 Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir is meeting with PM-designate Saad Hariri’s political advisor Daoud al-Sayegh. Sfeir will preside over the monthly meeting of the council of Maronite bishops on Wednesday.

10:32 MP Atef Majdalani told VOL: The finance ministry should be with the president and not a minority party. Lebanon can’t be strong in the presence of arms outside the control of the state.

10:30 The army command said a rocket exploded at a house in Teir Felsay injuring one citizen on Monday night. An investigation has been launched into the incident.

Monday

11:55 pm Der Spiegel : U.S. troops stopped a German freighter early October in the Gulf of Suez carrying 8 Iranian containers of ammunition suitable for Kalashnikov rifles bound to Syria / Hezbollah

11:20pm conflicting report about the number of casualties in Teir Felsay explosion and the cause of the explosion. Hezbollah sources earlier confirmed that there were casualties but the group later denied the presence of any casualties . Last July, an explosion at a suspected Hezbollah arms depot in southern Lebanon near the Israeli border raised concerns about the group's weapons caches.

11:17pm Hezbollah denied the presence of any casualties from the explosion in Teir Felsay and said only one was wounded

10:50pm UNIFIL spokesperson Bouzayan : UNIFIL has been notified about the explosion in eir Felsay

10:45pm Qazzi told OTV: Mufti Jouzou should be referred to the courts

10:42 pm Hezbollah sources told OTV: The explosion in the outskirts of Teir Felsay, Tyre resulted in several casualties

10:28pm Al Arabiyeh: the explosion in Teir Felsay was the result of explosion of ammunition in the house of the Hezbollah official