⋯ The plan was to poison wells in abandoned Arab villages as well as in Jewish locales that were due to be evacuated by the state-in-the-making. The idea was to prevent Arabs from returning to their villages and from settling in Jewish locales that would fall into their hands.

⋯ On the scientific side, the production of the poison, were people from the IDF Science Corps Bet, a subunit in the Science Corps that dealt with biological warfare. It was headed by Alex Keinan, who went on to found the Israel Institute for Biological Research in Nes Tziona.

⋯ The scientific work was overseen by the Katchalski (Katzir) brothers: biophysicist Ephraim Katzir, the first commander of the Science Corps and later an Israel Prize laureate and the fourth president of Israel

⋯ The operation echoed the plan of the “Avengers” led by Abba Kovner to poison water and food sources in Germany after World War II to cause mass killing. Katzir was involved in this operation.

Poisoning wells... not an anti-Semitic trope?

Link to Haaretz' article (paywall) about the ‘Cast Thy Bread’ operation: www.haaretz.com/israel-ne…

Lebanon recorded 9 new Cholera cases and 1 new death, raising the overall to 43 cases and 2 deaths.

Reserve Major General Amir Avivi:

"Israel made a concession of strategic wealth and territory because of Hezbullah's threats."

MP Bilal Abdullah (PSP) pleaded to "monitor the Syrian refugee camps and ask the UNHCR to intensify its efforts against the spread of cholera."

The Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs:

"We offer our deepest condolences to the Turkish government on the occasion of the tragic deaths that resulted from the mine explosion accident in the state of Barten."

The intense shooting heard in the outskirts of Tyre is from a wedding in Burj al-Shamali refugee camp.

The Swiss embassy in Lebanon will host all Lebanese political parties, allegedly including Hezbullah, before a conference that will take place in Geneva.

"Hezbullah rejects any increase in the price of electricity, and it accepts to discuss the pricing only when people receive 8-10 hours daily."

Sheikh Naim Qassem

Lebanon received a letter from Cyprus asking to renegotiate the maritime border between both countries.