According to Lebanon Debate, more than 5,000 Lebanese army soldiers and officers have deserted since late 2019.

George Ajaltoni was Gebran Basil's personal guard.

He can be seen in this photo on his left.

Israeli-born and US mediator to Lebanon Amos Hochstein will arrive in Lebanon this week to deliver an official Israeli response to Lebanon's demands regarding the border demarcation negotiations.

⋯ 🚨 Israel not only denies Lebanon's rights from line 23 to 29 (where Karish is partially located), it also demands concessions on the “disputed” area between lines 1 and 23.

“Israel is demanding economic rights to any natural gas discovery” in this area of 330 sq-miles (860 ⁠km²). It is where the Qana prospect field is located.

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The IDF fired flares over Hunin and Haoula villages.

The border fence sensors were triggered.

A big fire is ongoing at the Doctors Without Borders hospital in Bar Elias.

Ali was returned back to Lebanon through the UNIFIL.

He refused to come back accompanied by the Red Cross.

The Ukrainian ambassador to Lebanon met Lebanese president Aoun and informed him that the Russian-operated ship that arrived in Tripoli, Lebanon is carrying stolen Ukrainian wheat.

Facing Lebanon: French multi-mission frigate FREMM Provence, part of the UNIFIL naval forces, on extra duties to monitor Hezbullah's possible military actions against Israel's energy sector.

Two Israelis have been killed in a traffic accident in Egypt.

4 others were injured. IDF units were deployed in Egypt to assist in their evacuation to Israel.

Israel: The security cabinet will hold an important meeting on Sunday to discuss Hezbullah's threats to Israel's natural gas fields in the Mediterranean.

An Indian worker in Lebanon beheaded another Indian over a financial dispute.

The killer was arrested.

The Executive Order 13441 was issued in 2007 by the US to sanction any country, party, or individual that would undermine Lebanon's sovereignty.

Remarkably, it never targeted Israel but Hezbullah and its allies, exclusively.

President Biden renewed this order yesterday.

Hezbullah's SG Sayed Hasan Nasrallah is speaking tonight, for his first religious speech for Muharam 1444.

The U.S. Air Force has grounded the majority of its F-35s, temporarily taking its most advanced combat fighter jets out of service to inspect faulty ejection seats.

Are Israel's jets grounded too?

🌾 Ukraine claimed the ship has travelled from Crimea with 5,000 tons of barley and 5,000 tons of flour “that we suspect was taken from Ukrainian stores”.

A customs field agent who boarded the vessel in Tripoli told The Cradle there was no barley among the cargo, “only flour”. The cargo is reportedly bound for Syria.

A senior customs official tells off the record: “The prime minister contacted the customs leadership and demanded we hold the ship for investigation, while the office of the president of the republic asked us to let the ship depart to its destination to avoid trouble with the Syrians and the Russians”. “This is a complete conflict in decision making, we don’t know how to act right now”, even though “by law [Ukraine] is not allowed to make this request of us. They must bring us evidence first, and if it is compelling, only then can we undertake an investigation.” (The Cradle)

Prime Minister Mikati and President Aoun disagree on the matter.

🛑 A clash occurred in the southern village of Rmeish after members of the Lebanese Forces party started cutting down the forests on the border with Israel.

To Hezbullah, and for the fight against Israel, the trees are the most important asset Lebanon owns!

⋯ On the other side of the village, inside occupied Palestine, the IDF already has deforested the whole area.

Lebanon's parliament speaker Nabih Berri stated that Lebanon refuses to give up any of its maritime rights and rejects Israel's proposal to share with Lebanon an investment across line ⁠23.

Lebanon demands line ⁠23 and full economic rights on Qana prospect field (a fraction of it is beyond line ⁠23). The disputed area according to Lebanon is between lines ⁠23 and 29. According to Israel, it is between lines ⁠1 and 23.

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