Attorney Hassan Bazzi from the front of the Palace of Justice: Today we got a decision from the judge to place a precautionary seizure of the property of the Governor of the central Bank of Lebanon, Riad Salameh. https://t.co/E5TwsQVByy
MOI Fahmy: I try as much as possible to avoid imposing financial fines (regarding the 50,000 LL fine on wearing masks) on citizens due to the economic conditions, but it is their duty to feel responsible to protect themselves and the surrounding. https://t.co/1B9TK1z711
The first medical staff death recorded in Lebanon due to COVID-19 is Loay Ismael, 32 years old, with no preexisting health problems. https://t.co/nEtv6OmPB8
To clarify something about this as Israelis are arguing that not only did the drone trespass Israeli territory, but the band itself.
Here are some facts. https://t.co/Ko5UyITDgq https://t.co/fGjwAJA4tg
Here are some facts. https://t.co/Ko5UyITDgq https://t.co/fGjwAJA4tg
According to the official Israeli narrative, the blue line is the final/official border between Lebanon and Israel, where the IDF built the border wall in the Israeli side and meters away from the blue line aka far from the border of Lebanon. The IDF is allowed to cross the fence https://t.co/G3aIudBUUs
However that's not true at all, as Israel, Leb, and the UN know that there is exactly 13 contested points along the border claimed by Israel but are actually part of Lebanon. These 13 points make up 114 Km on the border. The blue line is a retreat line and not the official border https://t.co/o8pcOt7vZK
Lebanon has insisted on finding a solution to these 13 points, including the occupied Lebanese territories still under Israeli occupation in Al Ghajar, Kafarshoba, and Shebaa, before the official border can be decided and passed as official and final.
Therefore when you hear about the contested oil field in the sea in block 9 between Israel and Lebanon, it's due to the difference in this border that translates to a difference in the maritime border
The USA has been since 2016 trying to convince Lebanon to surrender the points https://t.co/alBragxBgh
The USA has been since 2016 trying to convince Lebanon to surrender the points https://t.co/alBragxBgh
This was discussed by the UN, the US ambassador, CENTCOM commander, and others. They asked Lebanon to give up on them. So it's kinda naive to say they are Israeli, when if true no one would have asked Lebanon to give them up
David Streatfield was the head of negotiations then. https://t.co/CBQv7SXHbU
David Streatfield was the head of negotiations then. https://t.co/CBQv7SXHbU
One of these points happens to be in Udaysi, in the exact area where the band was and according to Lebanon and the consensus on undefined border it was Lebanese and the wall itself is located in contested areas. Its building was halted in 2019 due to the fact it's CONTESTED. https://t.co/sREJLJWfdm
This was when a limited peaceful confrontation happened between the Lebanese army and the IDF where the army brought in bulldozers while the IDF was there with a Merkava overseeing the wall (Images above). Similar confrontation happened when the IDF entered CONTESTED areas there https://t.co/yJvOvjjeHL
And what's funny about this all is that the road in the village is after the blue line, as in, in the areas claimed by Israel as their own. So your going to tell me the IDF allowed a road inside their territory and movement? No they didn't. It's simply that this area in contested https://t.co/DpESCsJScS