⋯ Lebanese daily Al-Akhbar reported on 1 September that Hochstein held a meeting with the national security adviser to French President Emmanuel Macron to discuss the role of French companies in Lebanon’s energy market.

⋯ Hochstein urged the European leaders, notably France, to support French multinational petroleum company Total in announcing its readiness to operate in the southern Lebanese maritime blocs.

The Lebanese Minister of Energy in the caretaker government, Walid Fayyad, told Al-Joumhouria newspaper that neither Total nor the Italian oil company, Eni, can work in the Lebanese blocks without obtaining guarantees from the US and Tel Aviv.

⋯ As a result of this reality, Fayyad stressed the importance of the equation set by the Secretary-General of Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah, who announced that “either both countries extract gas, or neither do”.

Hochstein is expected to visit West Asia next week, and will land in Lebanon on 7 September after concluding his meeting with Israeli officials in light of the new developments.

One of the detainees, a Syrian, has been killed under torture by officers from Lebanese State Security.

Story (Arabic): bintjbeil.org/post/57331/

Story (English): thecradle.co/Article/news/15135

A Turkish army naval ship docked today in Haifa port at an Israeli army base.

The ship is part of a NATO mission in Israel

The Israeli occupation army fired two sound bombs at a young man who approached the technical fence in the outskirts of the town of Hula.

American intelligence officer representing the US embassy at the funeral of the father of Major General Abbas Ibrahim "unknowingly" tried to shake hand of the head of Hezbullah's liason office,Wafiq Safa.

Safa ignored him.

Someone forgot to do his homework.

In the past 4 months, the Israeli security establishment arrested more than 1,200 Palestinian youth from the West Bank on suspicion that they are part of the Palestinian resistance.

Explosions are expected to be heard in south Lebanon as the Israeli army starts a 3-day drill on the Lebanese border.

70 Lebanese migrants are stranded at sea in their makeshift boat off the Maltese and Italian coasts.

They are appealing for help.

The commander of the UNIFIL forces in Lebanon informed the Lebanese authorities of an Israeli message, which indicates that the Israeli Army will shoot without any warning at any Lebanese citizen who approaches the border fence.

This comes as a result of the increased provocations from local Lebanese to the Israeli army bases on the border area.

In previos years, the Lebanese army used to restrict civilian access to bases' external walls.

Official: Maj.-Gen. Herzi Halevi will be the next IDF Chief of Staff, replacing Lt.-Gen. Aviv Kohavi. twitter.com/LebUpdate/sta…

US mediator in the maritime negotiations, Amos Hochstein, called the Lebanese officials and announced he will visit Lebanon later next week.

A few minutes ago, Israeli jets violated Lebanon's airspace over Beirut.

Leaks by Iraqi-Iranian hackers allege that the current head of Mossad, David Barnea, has Gilbert Syndrome.

The medical documents date back from 2018.

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On this night, 5 ⁠September 1997, at dawn, Hezbullah ambushed and killed twelve elite IDF "Sheyetet ⁠13" soldiers (Israeli Navy Seals) in Ansariyeh, Lebanon.

This would be the biggest loss in a single day for this unit.