Today: Residents of Beirut and surrounding areas have reported traffic jams and crowded supermarkets as panic buying followed reports that grocery stores will be closed during the potential one-week full lockdown of the country.

From a store.

People shouldn't panic buy, supermarket delivery is still accessable.

Federal prosecutors made new allegations that Honduran President Juan Hernández, a key Trump administration ally, received millions of dollars from drug traffickers to help export cocaine to the U.S

https://on.wsj.com/3bpKIRF

Last year, Honduras declared Hezbullah a terrorist organization – at US request.

Pompeo has (wrongfully) accused Hezbullah of drug trafficking in Venezuela, but he (two-facedly) failed to see the US drug trafficking in Honduras.

In the early 2000's Lebanon was heading to outlaw monopoly over imports in order to be accepted in WTO, but this was blocked, even after passing the parliament, by religious authorities.

In Lebanon, even the monopolies are distributed over sectarian lines as post war settlements

"The story is that they want take everything from us, and they don't want for Christians in the country to have any active presence, as if it is not enough to leave the political rule and correct democratic representation. Islamize the economy!?"

Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir 2002

Bread was not distributed to minimarkets today (do not know why) forcing people to head to bakeries to buy them. This caused unnecessary gatherings during a "lockdown".

Photo by: @oussamanoor

IDF jet activity was reported over the border area but didn't enter Lebanon.

Locals reported a steady red light that lasted about 10-15 min before disappearing. I think it's an Intelligence gathering balloon.

Drone activity now over the villages.

Al-Jadeed information: Hariri’s mission in Turkey was commissioned by an Arab state, and he went there with a secret mission related to opening the doors for mediation between Turkey and Saudi Arabia with the consent of the United Arab Emirates.

t.me/LebUpdate/11028

UNIFIL spokesman warns of any activities that threatens the cessation of hostilities between Lebanon and "Israel" stating that the Israeli air activities are in violation of Resolution 1701.

Yes and?

Hezbullah strongly condemns U.S. listing of Ansarullah Movement and its leader Sayid Abdul-Malik Al Houthi on the global terrorist list, calling it a criminal act.

The reason why Hezbullah called it "criminal" and not congratulate it as he did for other groups is because Ansarullah isn't just a movement, it represents a government and is responsible for the care and governance of millions (70% of the population).

On this day in 2014, the criminal Israeli defense minister and minister of war Ariel Sharon died.

He led a criminal invasion that occupied Lebanon, but most importantly he created and led a terrorist group named the FLLF that killed 600+ and injured 2,000+ civilians using car bombs.

It seems Donald Trump resigned there was an error.

U.S. State Department website mistakenly says Trump's term ended today; a similar message appeared in December. (BNO News)

Jewish settlers in the west bank severely injured a Palestinian in his eye after throwing stones toward him and other cars.

About 50 of them were doing the attacks.

In the Israeli mind, there is a belief in the necessity of achieving a "safe strategic depth". For this, wars were fought against Lebanon as a necessary primary goal. In other words, no one is allowed to stand in the south on a hill and expose the occupied Palestinian depth.

This video is of the movement of merchant ships to and from the northern ports of "Israel", from one of the hills of southern Lebanon, or as we now call them, the "unsafe depth" of northern Palestine.

By: @⁠⁠⁠allushiii_new

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