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Covering Lebanon and occasionally MENA's conflicts. And currently, the war in Palestine.
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The Israeli doctrine of "shoot/kill first, then ask questions":

16 May 2021: Palestinian shot dead by the police at point-blank range (cold killing) after he rammed a car into a checkpoint.

10 May 2021: Zionist protected by the police after he rammed a car into Palestinians.

This is what an apartheid police do. (Images: @QudsNen)
Local sources: The martyr, who died after being shot at at Qalandia checkpoint this afternoon, is the liberated prisoner, Ibtisam Kaabneh, from Aqabat Jaber camp in Jericho.

By: @‌‌‎NewPress_en
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A Lebanese driver was killed driving a petrol truck in the Ras Baalbek plain, where he was shot by an army ambush after he refused to comply with military orders.
An Israeli force provoked by a farmer harvesting his wheat in the Khiam plain near the fence adjacent to the "Al-Mutula" colony, shoots in the air to keep him away, then throws tear gas canisters in his surroundings.

By: @‌‌‎alishoeib1970
Beautiful cloudy sunset today in Beirut with a cold breeze.
Baalbek-Hermel road was cut off in the town of Maqna with earth mounds after the killing of a young man from the Miqdad family from at the army checkpoint (Al-Mahatta checkpoint) in the northern Bekaa.
Voice of Lebanon: The sounds of shooting and RPGs are heard between members of the Miqdad family in the town of Maqna and the Lebanese army near the checkpoint of the town of Younine in the Bekaa.
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An armed Israeli soldier tries to arrest a Palestinian child by sitting on him and suffocating him without any consideration to the child's crying and pain from his broken hand.

The child's family succeeded in ridding him from the soldier later.

By: @‌‌‎RamAbdu
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The Lebanese Lira continues to collapse, its exchange rate reaches an all-time high of 15,050 LL to 1$.

That's 10x higher than the official exchange rate.
Algeria: The final turnout in the parliamentary elections was 30.20%, according to the Independent Electoral Authority.
The dollar exchange rate continues to collapse and reaches 15,300 LL to 1$
George Brax, head of the Syndicate of Petrol Station Owners:

"I hope that the distribution of gasoline tomorrow, Monday, by companies importing to the local market, will be in sufficient quantities to start reducing the queues in front of the stations."
National News Agency: After midnight yesterday, unknown persons set fire to 4 houses belonging to the family "Sh." in the border town of Tufail.

This conflict is over land demarcation, with a mafia being a side of this.
Lebanese News and Updates
The dollar exchange rate continues to collapse and reaches 15,300 LL to 1$
The minimum wage in Lebanon is now worth 50$, with many earning even less.

The average wage for people with a degree or a stable job is worth 100$.
Palestinian workers recycle the rubble of buildings and homes that were destroyed by the occupation to be used in the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip.
Saad Hariri: My relationship with the speaker of the Parliament (Nabih Berri) is complementary.
The Knesset will gather at 4 ⁠pm.

Today's program:
- address by President Reuven Rivlin,
- speech by the new PM Naftali Bennett,
- speech by acting PM Yair Lapid,
- speech by the outgoing PM and head of the opposition, Netanyahu,
- a speech for each head of party in the Knesset, lasting 9 minutes.

Then, a vote of confidence at 7 ⁠pm today. It will likely get enough votes (61), however there is talk that one member of Abbas's party is refusing to vote.