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Activists are circulating false news about cutting off the broadcast of a local channel in Daheyh, during an interview with Samir Geagea.

MTV's broadcast was cut few hours after the Tayouneh ambush by local cable distributors, last week.
Israel and Egypt are in talks to build a new land pipeline to boost Israeli gas exports to Egypt. (Bloomberg)

Same gas to be then sold to Lebanon as Egyptian!?
Reports:

The Lebanese army raided a house owned by former "Future Movement" MP Khaled Daher in Benin, Akkar, north Lebanon, confiscating weapons and ammunition, and arresting three people.
Update on the clashes in Wadi Jamous - Akkar between two Sunni tribes: The Lebanese army arrested 7 individuals and confiscated dozens of weapons and rockets along with tens of thousands of bullets.
⋯ Statement: What was seized was a warehouse of weapons that included: 17 rifles and machine guns, 9 sniper rifles, 2 pistols, 1 launcher, 2 hunting rifles, 16 RPGs, 111 smoke grenades, 28 offensive grenades, and about 51,000 bullet.
Hebrew Maariv newspaper:

"Next month, the Israeli Home Front command will hold an exercise that simulates Hezbullah's missile strikes on chemical factories in Haifa and the extensive fallout that the missiles will cause."
⋯ Continues: "The army made a study and analysis between Hezbullah's missiles and defense systems, and found that many of the rockets and missiles would hit their targets without interception."
⋯ Continues: "In recent years, efforts have been made to reduce the risk of installations in Haifa Bay, or to reduce the amount and type of material stored there, but it is still considered a strategic target for Hezbullah, as well as the ports in Haifa and Ashdod."
⋯ Continues: "The main difference between the situation in the Second Lebanon War in 2006 and the situation today is that Hezbullah is gaining accurate missile capabilities and this makes the threat even more important in the upcoming clashes with Hezbullah."
Yesterday, Lebanese journalist Raghida Dergham tried to embarrass Russian President Putin by asking him several questions about Lebanon and Hezbollah at the Valdai Forum in Sochi.

...but Putin disappointed her expectations.

By: @‌‌‎alihmourad
In the port explosion case, the attorney general Imad Qabalan endorsed the decision of the Supreme Defense Council and Interior Minister, refusing to prosecute the head of the State Security Tony Saliba and of the Public Security Abbas Ibrahim.
Officially, the military judiciary issued a summon order against the head of the Lebanese Forces party, Samir Geagea, with a request to hear his testimony regarding the Tayouneh ambush.
The Lebanese army, in a PR campagin, distributed 3,900 parcel of cleaning diturgents donated by the USA, to several institutes.

The parcels had the USA flag on them.