Today at six o'clock in the evening, the French President's advisor, will visit MP Haj Muhammad Raad, head of Hezbullah's parliamentary bloc.

Lebanon recorded 517 new COVID-19 cases and two deaths in the past 24 hours.

Prime minister office: To clarify the news circulating about the flags at half-mast over the Grand Serail, the PM office notes that one of the four flags raised above the Serail building, was broken and eventually repaired that evening.

The families of the martyrs of the Beirut port explosion marched to the hospitals that received the wounded and victims of the explosion, in appreciation of the efforts of their crews.

Informed sources told OTV: Hariri named the two Christian ministers in his new formation and gave the foreign affairs to Maronite, the defense to an Orthodox, and the interior to a Sunni.

He named all Christian ministers against the secterian norms in Lebanon.

Hebrew media: During the recent fighting between Israel and Gaza, an Iron Dome missile was launched towards an Israeli jet, detonating against it and damaging it with shrapnel. The Iron Dome also shot down an Israeli drone.

(Note) It can't shoot down the jet because of the small warhead and non-direct impact mechanism.

IDF tends to hide all mistakes and actual damage, and leaks it to media bits by bits over time.

Shortage of fuel:

Electricity blackouts affect the majority of south Lebanon villages due to the scarcity of diesel to power up private generators.

Photo from my balcony of my village and the nearby one.

There is no truth about an expected word by His Eminence the Secretary-General of Hezbollah, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, Friday afternoon.

However a ceremony will be held for a competition for recitation of the Qur’an on Friday afternoon under his patronage.

The National Agency: 20 members of the Israeli enemy forces crossed the technical fence in the vineyards of Al-Sharqi, Mays Al-Jabal, and surveyed the area without crossing the Blue Line.

Students blocked the road in front of Education Minister Tariq Al-Majzoub's house in protest of his "determination to hold official exams for high school students."

None wearing masks, yet Claiming COVID-19 as a risk factor for students at the exams.

The official slogan of this year's Ashoura is:

"إن معي لبصيرتي"

Which translates to:

"I have with me my insight/foresight"

It's inspired from the political-religious speeches of Sayed Hasan Nasrallah about the current situation in Lebanon.

Presidency of the Republic: President Aoun continued studying the government formation presented by the Prime Minister-designate yesterday, and will meet with him this afternoon to complete the consultations.

Shortage of fuel:

Tension between locals and the army in front of the entrance of the refinery in Tripoli. They are demanding diesel for the private generators.

A similar incident happened in Tyre, when some locals attempted to take over a diesel tanker.

If all goes well today, a government is likely to be formed.

The president's press describes the atmosphere as positive.

Interview with Yossi Yishua, Israeli military correspondent (Hebrew, subnoscriptd in Arabic).

He said how they lived in fear during the war with Gaza, how the Palestinian riots caused chaos in the 1948 lands, and how it would have been much worse if Hezbullah joined the fight at a time when the IDF is getting smaller.