President Aoun met with the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) and discussed the existing cooperation and how to strengthen the partnership in the upcoming period.

The first shipment of Iraqi fuel oil for Electricité du Liban arrived, provided that the ship begin unloading its payload of 30,000 tons, after the General Directorate of Oil gives permission

This will add few hours of electricity daily.

Economy and Trade Minister Amin Salam confirmed that "the ministry has put into effect a mechanism to reduce the prices of basic commodities," noting that "the syndicates of supermarket owners and importers have committed to start reducing prices soon."

On this day in 1982, Israel, the Lebanese Forces, Kataeb party, and other Zionist parties in Lebanon, did a massacre in Beirut's Sabra and Shatila refugee camp. They killed up to 3,500 Palestinian and Lebanese civilians under the protection of the USA, after the PLO withdrew.

⋯ "Goyim killing goyim" said Israeli PM Menachem Begin, after the Israeli-trained Phalanges committed the massacre, at Sharon's orders.

IDF arrested a Lebanese that crossed into occupied Palestine earlier today.

Update: Lebanese army patrol arrested H.M. Nasser (born in 1991 from Burj Al-Barajneh), in the Wazzani locality near the border, after he attempted to enter the occupied Palestinian territories. (National Agency)

Beqaa: Armed clashes are ongoing between the army's "stricking force" and gunmen in the town of Brital, near the Martyrs Square.

Rifles and RPGs were used.

⋯ Clashes expanded to Houtakla village.

For the second day in a row, the Lebanese army is cracking down on drug manufacturing plants and outlaws.

The cabinet approved the ministerial statement. Minister of information George Kordahi: It was decided that the government's motto will be “together to save”.

Kordahi on the government’s position on Iranian fuel: We did not discuss this issue in the session.

Ogero: A technical malfunction occurred on the local network, which led to the interruption of the Internet service in a number of cities.

Photo of the Lebanese prior to his arrest by the Israeli occupation forces while attempting to go to Israel.

Update General Directorate of Oil: Oil importing companies are now allowed to deliver gasoline to stations as of tomorrow.

New Zionist provocation in Al-Aqsa

These ceremonies, the simulation of the presence of Jewish temple priests in their official clothes and preparations for slaughter, have never been carried but 300+ meters away from the walls of Al-Aqsa Mosque.

But in the past five years, they kept getting closer until we saw them today inside the compound of Al-Aqsa.

There is nothing left but them carrying out sacrificial slaughter inside Al-Aqsa.

The oil pipeline in the town of Sheikh Ayyash - Akkar, which connects Lebanon to Iraq and feeds the Da'tour refinery in Al-Badawi - Tripoli caught on fire.

This is the second time in a month.

USA Senate Foreign Relations Committee member:

"Lebanon’s receipt of U.S.-sanctioned Iranian fuel, trucked-in by Hezbollah through Syria, is a disappointing sign for the future of Lebanon’s accountability and democracy. U.S. sanctions must mean something."

📈 The subsidy on fuel has been unofficially lifted. The central bank set a new exchange rate to buy fuel at 12,000 ⁠LL, close to the central bank "sayrafa" exchange rate of 12,800 ⁠LL and the current black market exchange rate of 14,500 ⁠LL.

As one increases, the other will follow.

Yesterday night, diesel fuel trucks arrived in Dahyeh, similarly to North & south Lebanon, and Beqaa to start distribution to all institutions that fall in the two categories set by Hezbullah's S-G.

Beirut: Massive queue of cars on the airport road in front of the "Orphans" petrol station.

The station administration called on security forces to help assist them in organizing the queue and open paths for travellers on the road.

⋯ This situation forced many travellers to go to the airport on foot.

Minister of finance Youssef El-Khalil was informed by Banque du Liban that Lebanon’s dues in the International Monetary Fund (SDRs) have been transferred to the Ministry of Finance’s account. A total of: $1,139,951,437.098 (1.1 billion)