President Michel Sleiman denounced the blast and called on all the Lebanese political factions to unite in order to protect the country.

President Michel Sleiman denounced the blast and called on all the Lebanese political factions to unite in order to protect the country.

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati denounced the blast that hit Hermel and followed up the explosion's givens with the competent authorities.

Mikati asked the Higher Relief Council to start a preliminary survey of damages caused by Hermel's blast.

Mikati considered that the blast meddles the country's security, urging all the Lebanese to challenge the danger in order to protect the nation.

Prime Minister-designate Tammam Salam also slammed the attack, considering it a “disgraceful terrorist act.”

Head of the National Struggle Front MP Walid Jumblatt, and that "since last year all the bombings seem that terrorism hits left and right, without discrimination."

He told Al-Manar that "the words of condemnation are not enough," calling for "more coordination between the security agencies to prevent terrorism or to eradicate it if we can."

State Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr ordered security forces to carry out the preliminary investigations in Hermel blast and tasked Judge Kamal Nassar to inspect the site of the explosion.