⋯ Ziad (Mossad) asked Elia to locate a house near the sea and close to Beirut for rent, and Elia was able to secure a house. [This was likely to provide Israel's “Shayetet 13” unit a safe house in Lebanon]

Elia was paid as of now $1,500 and then headed to Georgia to meet Ziad.

⋯ Elia landed in Tbilisi, Georgia, in late 2019, where he was expecting to stay for 9-10 days. However, when he landed he was surprised none were present to meet him, so he got a taxi. At the hotel, a Mossad handler gave him a box with a phone and a new Georgian SIM card to contact Ziad.

Two days later, he was moved to another hotel where he met Ziad and a group of operatives, for two days in a row, before changing of hotel again. Later that week, he was searched and subjected to two lie detector tests, where he failed in both.

⋯ His lie regarded the question if he worked for any security service, which Elia happens to have been part of, in the Lebanese army intelligence. Elia gave up, booked a ticket, and travelled fast to Lebanon fearing Mossad might backstab him for failing, as Elia claimed.

However, when the army started to review his phone, they refuted his claim that he was in hurry to leave Georgia, as it was exposed that he was using his phone to watch porn, and clearly not (as he claimed) without an internet connection. By reviewing his Google account, it was exposed that he was searching for ways to defeat the lie detector to land a job with the Mossad, which made it clear with the investigators that he knew who he was in contact with.

He also attempted to re-establish contact with Ziad one month after returning to Lebanon.

⋯ Investigators were unsatisfied with his answers regarding the magnitude of his services, based on the large sum of money he received and the Israelis' trust to meet him.

His trial lasted few hours, shortest in decades for suspected spies. He was acquitted and released, despite the unsatisfactory answers and the weapons he had at home.

Source: youtu.be/hYJEmYRKEaY

False alarm in Israel. No shooting operation.

There is an incident however.

Israel: A stolen car rammed a police officer while on the run, as shots were fired at the car's wheels.

No resistance operation.

This spy for Israel has been released from prison by the Lebanese army military court!

He is one of many released and will be released soon.

t.me/LebUpdate/23478

During his election campaign, ex-minister Gebran Basil was reported to be wearing body armor under his clothes.

Reportedly, the Shiekh seen in a video claiming that those who don't vote for Hezbullah are like those who vote for having their women become whores is called Nazthir Jishi, a sheikh accused of fraud with a questionable political compass.

He is not a member of Hezbullah.

⋯ In 2021, he sent an open letter to Nasrallah through social media expressing his distrust in Hezbullah's officials, accusing them of corruption, and questioning why Hezbullah show hostility towards his own party.

janoubia.com/2021/03/11/%…

Photo of the judge order to release the journalist from prison despite himself (judge) acknowledging that the journalist was in contact with Israeli intelligence to write articles and for his attempts to establish contacts with Hamas and gather intel at orders from Israel.

ISF's information branch arrested two suspects for their involvement in attempting to smuggle 23 by sea for 3000 USD/person.

Illegal emigrants are paying between 3,000-5,000 USD to leave, a large sum of money compared to today's living standards in Lebanon.

Syria: Based on the new general amnesty law that involves terrorism charges, displaced Syrians can return to their homeland without any vetting or arrests for previous crimes that don't involve murder.

Link: t.me/alikhbariasy/109454

West Bank: Jenin: In a typical procedure by the IDF, an armored vehicle attempted to crush an unarmed Palestinian while retreating from the area.

Over the years, countless Palestinians were killed by IDF vehicles.

On May 5, a stamp and medal exhibition for "Memorial of the Great Victory" will be inaugurated at the Russian House in Beirut.

The exhibition continues until May 7 where visitors will view important commemorative issues collected by Lebanese stamp collectors.