Sayyed Hashem Safi Al-Din, head of Hezbullah's executive council:

"If the Americans' goal is to put pressure on the resistance in Lebanon to clear the arena, then we tell them that our presence will be bigger and stronger."

He adds that "the stupidity" of the American ambassador Dorothy Shea was her haste reaction to the Iranian ships, exposing the true American intentions and pressure over Lebanon. He stressed that with one movement, we broke the siege of three countries (Lebanon, Syria, and Iran) where "we bought diesel from Iran, and we crossed through from Syria, and the besieged Lebanon benefited from it. This is a first step and we will follow with others".

⋯ The Lebanese Druze delegation with Syrian president Bashar Al-Assad.

After the normalization with Syria, forcefully granted by the USA over the energy file, more political Lebanese delegation visits are expected.

📈 According to representative Yassin Jaber, fuel and goods subsidy will be lifted by the end of September. He also added that it is expected that registration for the financial aid card will begin tomorrow.

Iranian President Raisi in a phonecall with French President Macron:

"We will not hesitate to provide all kinds of humanitarian aid to the Lebanese, and we are ready to cooperate with France to develop Lebanon."

Emmanuel Macron to Ibrahim Raisi:

"It is important that France and Iran cooperate with Hezbullah in Lebanon to form a strong and effective government in this country."

Today and tomorrow have been declared mourning days, with Tuesday off.

The Lebanese flag is at half-mast in Baabda Palace in mourning of the head of the Islamic Shiite Council, Sheikh Abd al-Amir Qabalan.

IDF will abandon its Tavor infantry rifle, 10 years after advertising it as a replacement to the M4, after proven lack of reliability and the explosion of at least 10 rifles during training in 2019.

American M4 rifles will be deployed soon to most infantry units.

Seven people were injured by a gas bottle explosion at a rest house on the popular Ghazieh Beach. They were transferred to the hospital for treatment, while members of the Civil Defense put out the fire that broke out.

Syria: Who are the rebels in the south/Daraa? Testimony of fighters (2018)

Israel...
⬥ supported 12+ groups from 2013, "pulled" support in 2018 when Assad regained control of border area.
⬥ paid the rebels $75 a month.
⬥ provided US-made M16 rifles and guns/ammo from an Iranian shipment captured in 2009, to hide the clues.
⬥ granted asylum to a handful of commanders, and refused aid to all others in a apparent deal with Russia.

Forsan Al-Jolan rebel: "This is a lesson we will not forget". Many expected an Israeli intervention against Assad, are now regretful.

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Gas explosion in Ghazieh:

🔞 CCTV footage of the gas bottle explosion.

Palestine: At dawn, 6 Palestinian prisoners from PIJ and Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade escaped from Gilboa maximum security prison by digging a tunnel to the outside.

Security forces only knew they are missing after a Zionist farmer reported suspicious personnel near his lands.

Thirty years ago, in 1991, an escape attempt was made through a tunnel from inside the prison camp. The one who led this attempt was Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas today in Gaza.

At the time, he dug the tunnel with his cellmate, Tawfiq Abu Naim, and Muhammad Sharatha. The plan failed after it was discovered by the israeli Prison Service. The three were released as part of an exchange deal with Corporal Gilad Shalit.

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