While Turkey was busy meeting the Israeli president, the Israeli Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi landed in Bahrain for a first official trip to the Gulf state.

He traveled alongside Tal Kelman, the commander in charge of Iran affairs.

Football: From tonight's celebrations in Beirut after Real Madrid defeated PSG in the Champions league.

Lebanese Hezbullah's flag was raised by Turkish citizens during the night demonstration, protesting the Israeli president's visit to Turkey.

Akkar governorate has not received a single hour of electricity for about 2 weeks.

EDL said that stations in Halba, Qoubaiyat and Beit Mlat have been offline till further notice, due to the difficulty and high expenses needed to repair the electrical network.

The Ministry of Economy just announced that the price of bread will increase to:
- 6,000 LBP for the small bag (360g)
- 10,000 LBP for the medium bag (825g)
- 13,000 LBP for the big bag (1125g).

⋯ It is worth mentioning that bread used to cost 1,500 LBP before the economic collapse, and this is by no means affordable to any middle class or lower class Lebanese.

⋯ What is further expected to complicate the matter is an expected Russian ban on sugar and wheat exports, according to Russian media.

Lebanon imports 80% of its wheat from Ukraine and 15% from Russia.

Just weeks after Israeli PM Bennett was in UAE, and while the Israeli president is in Turkey and the IDF CoS is in Bahrain, the Israeli foreign minister Lapid is in Jordan meeting its King.

The Muslim and Arab world in its true face.

In a new statement by ISIS spokesman, ISIS officially announces the death of its leader and appoints a new leader and spokesman.

The identity and name of the new leader "is to be kept secret till the time comes".

The U.S. approves 1 billion USD aid to replenish the Israeli Iron Dome batteries.

1 billion will roughly allow Israel to aquire at least 10,000 Tamir interceptors.

Although the Israeli Knesset goes into recess tomorrow, the Israeli lawmakers ensured to stay up late and work on a law that bans Palestinian families' reunification (between West Bank, 1948 lands, and Gaza).

This law affecting tens of thousands has just PASSED.

Lebanese Minister of Information George Kordahi resigned few months ago due to an old interview where he calls the Saudi war on Yemen "Futile".

Lebanon's new minister of Information Ziad Makary has much harsher opinions about Saudi Arabia. How will this end? twitter.com/ZiadMakary/st…

A very normal evening in Silicon Valley. twitter.com/Reuters/statu…

Saudi Arabia: An alleged drone strike was carried against Riyadh's oil refinery. Damage was caused according to Saudi Arabia ministry of Energy.

Update: Information Branch in ISF arrested an individual in the Chouf district on charges of collaborating with the Israel's Mossad.

At least 2-3 dozen spies have been arrested in the past few months. Notable examples in this thread:

t.me/LebUpdate/23478

⋯ The spy, Wissam Hassan Hamzeh, said that a Mossad agent (“Samir”) contacted him via email, after he applied for a job on an online website.

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⋯ On their 3rd contact, “Samir” revealed that he's a Mossad agent, and asked Wissam to work with them, giving him 15 days to think over it. Wissam agreed.

Then, “Samir” asked to buy specific hardware (phone, USB, SIM cards and a laptop) and to create a Skype account with “David”, a middleman. He also asked to get a VISA card from a specific store in Tariq Al-Jadida (Beirut) and bring it to Jordan. When Wissam reached Jordan, a taxi man was waiting at the airport (also a Mossad agent), took Wissam to a hotel and gave him some hardware, including a pair of sneakers that he was asked to wear when meeting with “Daoud”.

When Wissam met “Daoud”, he was put on a lie detector. After he passed, he was taught how to gather intel, and how to send and receive encrypted messages.

⋯ When Wissam came back to Lebanon, he was given 5 intel gathering missions in Beirut:

• The 1st mission was going back and forth between Galerie Semaan and Al-Kafaat while filming the course, and then sending it.
• The 2nd mission was the same, but between Galerie Semaan and Al-Hadath.
• The 3rd mission was taking pictures in ABC Ashrafieh Mall and of its surroundings.
• The 4th and 5th were for taking pictures of restaurants in Dahyeh.

⋯ Another spy, Ahmad Salem Qanatawi, contacted the Mossad through the results he found on Google.