⋯ Allegedly, the cell was motivated to carry this attack to “pay homage” to their leader Ibrahim Al-Hashimi Al-Qurashi, who was killed in a US raid in Idlib province.

t.me/LebUpdate/23283

A shockwave was felt in south Lebanon. No reports of jets airborne.

⋯ A total of 3 sonic boom like sounds were heard in Tyre and surrounding areas.

No further details.

Watch | Jewish Ukrainians are coming to 'Israel' and will receive citizenship almost immediately. There are around 7 million Palestinian refugees in exile who can’t even visit their homeland. This is what settler colonialism manifesting as apartheid looks like.

More: The ISIS cell consisted of Palestinians living in refugee camps.

The camps have many ISIS and Al-Qaeda fugitives.

Energy Minister Walid Fayyad:

"Transport of Egyptian gas to Lebanon is awaiting the American green light (approval)."

Note: Gas is Egyptian, pipeline is for multi-Arab states, and no US company or resource is involved.

In a statement by the Irish battalion (UN) in south Lebanon, they apologize for the misunderstanding that was was caused by handing out hand sanitizer to schools that were "mislabeled" by the manufacturing company

They reiterated that the product is safe and up to EU standards

Lebanese in Ukraine is calling on the Lebanese MFA to assist in his evacuation.

Reportedly, there are 5,000 Lebanese in Ukraine, many of whom are university students.

The Ukrainian ambassador in Beirut: "I stress the need for the unity of the Ukrainian people, denounce the Russian invasion. I note and thank the messages of solidarity that have reached the Ukrainian community."

⋯ Israeli foreign minister Yair Lapid: "The Russian attack on Ukraine is a violation of the world order and Israel condemns it."

Note: Israel was restraining itself from commenting on the matter so it doesn't jeopardize the Russian greenlight for its attacks on Syria.

⋯ In Brussels, the Israeli ambassador to the EU sends a message to his counterparts to discuss with the Ukrainian ambassador, "in light of Russia's unprecedented military aggression against Ukraine".

🇷🇺🇨🇳 Lavrov and Chinese Foreign Minister agreed that the reason for the crisis was the US-encouraged refusal of Kiev to implement the Minsk agreements - Russian Foreign Ministry

No matter what NATO does financially to Russia, this won't change the Russian acceptance of this campagin.

This is not a war for Putin's own glory, this is a nationalistic and security-oriented Russian war being carried out by Putin.

⋯ Thankfully the civilian casualties are as minimum as possible. Hopefully it continues to be so.

What is irritating , is the hypocrisy of NATO and western countries.

After Serbia, Afghanistan, and Iraq, they shouldn't lecture about the use of power.

⋯ After enabling Turkey and Israel in Syria, Gaza, and Lebanon, they shouldn't talk about occupation.

And after Kosovo, they shouldn't lecture about fake countries.

They started the unprecedented, Russia is catching up.

Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs: "Lebanon condemns the invasion of Ukrainian territory and calls on Russia to stop military operations immediately."

War is unfortunate and I know for sure I'll be living in yet another one soon, that's why I sympathize with both Russians and Ukrainians

But sympathy aside, Ukraine choose to be a NATO proxy to fight Russia and that's something it has to be held accountable for. It is what it is

Hebrew media: "Russia told Israel on Thursday it is going ‘to contain’ the Israeli condemnation of the Ukraine invasion and not create tensions over it or retaliate."

⋯ Lebanese parliament speaker implicitly condemns the Lebanese MFA statement, says it was not coordinated with the parliament.

twitter.com/LebUpdate/sta…