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The Turkish Ambassador in Beirut: Turkey is ready to meet the needs of Lebanon, and at the request of the Lebanese state, the necessary supplies and medicines were sent after the explosion of Akkar.

He adds: A batch of drugs for chronic diseases was sent to Lebanon, with an estimated value of 300 thousand dollars, during the month of July.
According to "Lebanon Debate", the locals that stormed the house of Representative Tarek Merhebi last Sunday night took his credit card and ordered food from "Zomato" worth 4 ⁠million pounds (200$).

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Armed clashes with firearms and grenades between two families in Beddawi, North Lebanon.
Al-Mareijah Telecom Central (Dahyeh) is currently offline, causing the landline phone and internet services to halt.
Negotiations for new cabinet:

According to Al-Akbar newspaper, Nabih Berri proposed for the ministry of finance Youssef Khalil, head of the financial operations in the central bank. But after Aoun vetoed this proposition, he named Abdullah Nassereddine, the financial attaché in the Lebanese embassy in the USA.

In both cases, the Parliament speaker attempted to chose for the ministry figures close to the USA and at the same time close to Amal movement.
An army force, supported by the Intelligence Directorate, raided several homes in the Baalbek area and arrested a person on the grounds that he and others kidnapped an Iranian citizen.

The force managed to liberate the kidnapped and seized a variety of military weapons.
Hezbullah Secretary-General speech on the 10th of Muharam has just started.

You can watch it live on the links below. It will be a religious-political speech. https://twitter.com/allushiii_new/status/1428221254687936513
Sayed Nasrallah:

"Our first ship carrying fuel from Iran, will sail to Lebanon in the coming hours."
He adds: The ship will be treated as Lebanese territory. Implying anything that affects it (damaged or attacked) falls under the deterrence equation with Israel.
Per initial reports, Coral, a leading gasoline import and distribution company owned by the Alfred Yamin family, announced the suspension of its operations in Lebanon due to the economic collapse.

Its Lebanese branch registered in Lebanon in 1926.
After rising to the threshold of 21,000 L.L. the dollar exchange rate then decreased back to between 18,900 and 19,000 LBP per dollar.

Experts pointed out that the software applications were “hacked”, which caused the sudden rise in the exchange rate.
Now: A fire broke out inside the electrical transformer posts that feeds several neighborhoods in the city of Baalbek with electricity.

Locals are attempting to extinguish it before it spreads.
The representative of fuel distributors, Fadi Abu Shaqra:

Coral company informed the stations that sell its fuels to close their doors and dismantle the filling machines. French company “Total” is also on its way to a implement a similar decision.
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A gas station owner in Al-Naameh was stabbed in the stomach by a knife in the midst of a scuffle at his station.
The marine road at Dawra was blocked by locals after "Medco" gas station stopped filling gasoline for the cars waiting in the queue.
🇮🇱 Censorship: Earlier today, a mob of Israelis critically stabbed a Palestinian in Jerusalem. The Israeli police asked a court to force hide the news.

The court complied and issued a gag order, prohibiting anyone from reporting about the incident. Israelis are subject to Israeli censorship laws.
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⋯ Video of the stabbing attack by a mob of Israelis against a Palestinian.

Usually, the IDF or police would shoot to kill the stabbers, but not when it's an Israeli.
Tripoli: A fire broke out in the yard of Asafiri petrol station, after a cigarette was thrown to the ground by a local.

The fire spread and ignited the gasoline leakage in the area. No injuries were recorded.
The Lebanese army continued its campaign to crack down on illegal fuel hoarding, and have recently confiscated 100,000 L of diesel from underground infrastructure in Zgharta, 21,000 L of diesel from Sidon, and 150,000 L of gasoline in an abandoned gas station in Al Barbara, Jbeil