⋯ On a final note, despite Hezbullah strongly stating line 29 is lebanese, and despite it believing that Karish is mostly Lebanese, it will likely drink the poison and accept line 23 if the Lebanese government ends up negotiating that.

Osama Saad, commenting on Sayyed Nasrallah's threats to the Israeli enemy, says: "The state is not ready politically, economically or legally for any confrontation with Israel. Let them negotiate [with Israel], and after that we can start preparing for this confrontation."

"Exactly 23 years ago, NATO, led by the United States, bombed Yugoslavia blindly, without having the UN Security Council's sanction for it."

China's special representative for Korean Peninsula Affairs Liu Xiaoming reminded the United States and NATO about this..

It lasted 78 days, the alliance dropped 420 thousand bombs on Yugoslavia with a total weight of 22 thousand tons, including 15 tons of depleted uranium ammunition, the diplomat recalled.

The situation is miserable!

Maronite patriarch Al-Rahi, commenting on Nasrallah's speech that aimed to maximize the Lebanese right of natural gas resources: "We should not get involved again in situations that would return Lebanon into a military arena for the benefit of foreign countries."

Tariq Tayah and Shadi Kreidi, who were on board the helicopter that crashed in Italy, are confirmed to have passed away.

⋯ Tariq, who died in a helicopter crash in Italy, lost his wife in the Beirut port explosion on August 4,2020.

Senior US officials have conveyed to Saudi Arabia that the US is prepared to move forward with a reset of the relationship, effectively moving on from the 2018 murder of Jamal Khashoggi in order to repair ties with the key Middle East ally. www.cnn.com/2022/06/10/po…

Yesterday, 17-October MPs organized a demonstration in Naqoura near the Palestinian border demanding Lebanon acknowledge line 29 as its own.

There was no chants against Israel, despite being the belligerent in this ordeal, and attacked someone carrying the Palestinian flag.

⋯ The Lebanese communist party was also present at the protest.

The party for several decades have aligned ideologically with 14-March parties and kept a strong anti-Hezbullah sentiment. They are currently led by a drunken.

🚨 Israeli jets and UAVs are on high alert on the northern borders, expecting a UAV flyover by Hezbullah over Karish field and an Iranian UAV attack from the direction of Golan Heights.

🚨 The explosion heard over Lebanon are caused by Israeli jets crossing the sound barrier, "sonic booms".

🛑 In a speech to military leaders and journalists, IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi taunted Lebanon and said that you [his audience] would be shocked by the massive and inequivalent firepower and destruction that the IDF will bring to Lebanon.

He also added: Israel will deal with every house that may have weapons as a military target, and with every power station that will be used in an area with Hezbullah as a military target, and every agriculture land with Hezbullah as a military target.

Diplomatic sources: A deal is being discussed with the American mediator, Amos Hochstein, in which the Karish field will be handed over to Israel in exchange for the Qana field being handed over to Lebanon.

Qana is a suspected gas field, Karish is a proven gas field. twitter.com/LebUpdate/sta…

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