Haaretz: Israel hits another 3-month COVID high as the Indian delta variant spreads. Experts warn infections will triple in 10 days.

None are serious cases.

Shortage of fuel:

Abu Shakra: "Gasoline ships started unloading and the importing companies started distributing fuel to the stations today, and there are companies that expressed their willingness to distribute on holidays to ease the market."

The price increased from 24,000 ⁠LL to 71,000 ⁠LL. This new price is at an exchange rate of 3,900 ⁠LL to a $1, way lower than the actual exchange rate of 17,000 ⁠LL.

The fuel bought is meant to last Lebanon ONLY 3 months. After that, unless they use the mandatory reserves again, NO more money to buy fuel.

Earlier today: Shooting in front of a gas station in Zahle.

Brawl between the Lebanese army and others at ebanon's Green gas station, in Ain Baal.

📈 Baabda meeting: Officials agreed to continue the policy of supporting medicine and medical implants within an applied mechanism that notes the priorities set by the Ministry of Health in accordance with the rationalization plan submitted by the PM and parliament speaker.

Basically, they will officially lift all support to non life-threatening medicine, vitamins Panadol, etc, and only subsidize prenoscription drugs.

Subsidy on non-prenoscription drugs was already lifted months ago, but now more is being added to the list.

Van fee is currently at 4,000 LL. An increase from 1,000 LL.

Cab fee is 8,000 LL. An increase from 2,000 LL.

By: @‌‌‎Alabbass_ayoub

A video circulating of Lebanese Forces militias setting up checkpoints in Zahle.

Generally speaking, Lebanese are eery of such sights as Lebanese Forces used to set similar checkpoints during the civil war were they have a long history of field executions at.

Allegedly, this is a sit-in by the Lebanese Forces in Zahle where thry blocked the city's roads, in protest of the lack of diesel fuel for the Zahle Electricity Company.

However, this does not explain the party flags and political attire.

During the past month, Israel killed 13 Palestinian, detained 384 including minors as young as 12, and demolished 31 homes and facilities.

https://hadfnews.ps/post/84661

I think the engine used is similar to this. They can be easily imported from China or Europe.

📈 The prices of dairy and cheese sharply increased, as the price of a kilogram of local yogurt (labneh) reached 45,000 ⁠LL, after it was 20,000 ⁠LL two months ago.

For the first time since August 2019, BDL’s fortnightly interim balance sheet shows a drop in the quantity of lira banknotes in circulation, by 21 ⁠billion ⁠LL in the second half of June. The total sum in circulation now stands at 40.34 ⁠trillion ⁠LL.

Meanwhile, the bank’s foreign assets, which mainly represent its reserves (currently being used to subsidize essential imports) have fallen by about $287 ⁠million over the same period.

By: @‌‌‎lorienttoday

Lebanese racism knows no boundaries in these vulgar parties.

"We used to slap the Indian with the slipper, now we started begging him to fill up our gas tank."