Correction: Only 3 were killed today. Bottom right died of a medical condition few days ago. twitter.com/LebUpdate/sta…

Regional Spokesperson at the US State Department regarding the US Ambassador's visit to the Lebanese Shiite Council:

"We differentiate between the Shiites as a fabric of the Lebanese society and between Hezbullah."

⋯ USA arrogance knows no boundary, trying to frame the Shiite Council as against Hezbullah when it's current head Sheikh Ali Khatib says: "The resistance is the center of Lebanon's strength, as it liberated their land and protected them from Zionist and Takfiri terrorists..."

Hebrew Media: IDF Home Front Command to conduct a Red Alert drill in Dimona (where nuclear facilities are located) on Tuesday at 10:15. Residents will be asked to practice entering bomb shelters during the drill, simulating a rocket attack.

The dollar exchange rate continues to increase uncontrollably, even on Sundays, reaching 26,350 LBP/USD.

Prices of foods and goods have increased sharply as a consequence.

Zionist occupation Prime Minister Naftali Bennett meets in Abu Dhabi with Crown Prince Muhammad bin Zayd (شلت يمينه).

Bahrain's top opposition bloc, Al-Wefaq, issued a report on the abuses of the Kingdom of Bahrain that rules the country against the Bahraini people.

The report is of 158 pages, and can be downloaded from this link:

thealtworld.com/sondoss_al…

Source

Banque du Liban exchange platform SAYRAFA has reached a trading volume of $12 million today, at a rate of 21,300 LBP/USD.

The actual “black market” exchange rate in Lebanon is 26,950 LBP/USD. That's a 23.4% difference.

SAYRAFA is the central bank's trading platform, which is used by importers to procure dollar bills. However, what is unclear to most, is why shops are pricing food and goods at black market rates when their importers are obtaining USD at cheaper rates. Huge profit margins.

Saudi Arabia: Many of the 200+ artists booked for electronic music festival “Soundstorm” (Dec16-19) use social media “to regularly champion issues like feminism”.

Even though the Saudi General Entertainment Authority pays performance fees of “at least triple the usual rate”, Saudi women's rights activists are imprisoned (“raped in prison”, according to Rana Ahmad), and evidence shows that Loujain Al-Hathloul was even subjected to “electric shocks, beatings, whipping”.

www.middleeasteye.net/new…

Lebanese Minister of Agriculture Abbas Al-Hajj Hassan: The Yemeni war must end today. No person can see hundreds of thousands of casualties, homeless, hungry and searching for hope but not see the need to end it.

CC: Saudi Arabia

Massive and unprecedented hike in the exchange rate, reaching a new all time high of 28,100 LBP/USD.

This is beyond what is bearable !!

Like WTH happened. 28,000 and 30,000 by this week's end.

How are we going to afford to live. twitter.com/LebUpdate/sta…

As these days mark the anniversary of the founding of several Palestinian resistance factions, PFLP, Hamas, and other notable ones, I extend my utmost congratulations on these blessed days that were founded upon as milestones to a closer free Palestine.

🚨 No more internet? The head of the communication file in the Lebanese parliament, Hussein Hajj Hassan, stated that the Central Bank stopped transferring dollars abroad to pay the internet subnoscriptions to foreign companies, putting Lebanon at risk of losing internet connection.

This is likely blackmail by the bank to raise internet prices

The Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council: We call on Lebanon to carry out reforms and prevent Hezbullah from carrying out terrorist operations.

Deputy Prime Minister Al-Shami: "The government agreed to estimate the size of the financial sector's losses at 68-69 billion dollars."

An "electricity post" exploded in the town of Dahour El-Hawa - Koura due to overload and short circuit.

The transmission of the Touch cellular network is offline in the city of Hermel and the surrounding villages, for undeclared reasons.

Note: They probably don't have diesel for the cell towers.