The Israeli home front will carry out the largest training on emergency and war situations from tomorrow until Thursday, which includes sounding warning sirens in large areas.

A large fire is ongoing between Taffehta, Zefta and Al-Marwaniyah villages.

A few-days-old photo of students from Antonine University praying in the street, as it is forbidden to perform it inside the university campus.

Several other universities in Lebanon follow these rules.

Lebanon qualifies for the 2025 Rugby League World Cup.

Note: rugby league (13 players) is one of the "two codes" of rugby, along with rugby union (15 players).

Energean PLC has announced a new commercial natural gas discovery of 13 billion cubic meters off the shore of Israel as a result of its exploratory drilling well dubbed Zeus-1.

The Lebanese delegation to the climate conference in Cario, headed by PM-designate Najib Mikati, was seated facing the Israeli delegation headed by President Isaac Herzog.

Report: Maritime deal caused ‘great dissatisfaction’ in Israel. (The Cradle)

In an opinion piece published on the Israeli news website Maariv, journalist Yossi Bloom Halevi goes into detail about widespread dissatisfaction among the Israeli public over the maritime border agreement with Lebanon.

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⋯ Yossi alleges that the decision to reach a border agreement with Lebanon was taken under “immense pressure” from the European Union, while Israel was under credible threat from Lebanese resistance group Hezbollah.

⋯ This led to a “clouded judgment” that drove Israel into accepting a comprise contrary to its security, economic, constitutional, and national interests, the author claims.

⋯ In a study conducted by the army in the wake of the first Lebanon war, they concluded that its troops are suffering from shock from the resistance’s anti-tank weapons

The army focused on a mechanized doctrine that involved heavy reliance on armor to advance against the enemy

⋯ However, the army failed to learn and then change its doctrine in time, leading to a similar defeat in the second Lebanon war in the battle of Wadi al-Saluki, writes Halevi.

The consequences of the war created trauma for the regular and reserve soldiers, greatly influencing the leadership’s decisions when war was at stake with Lebanon.

⋯ Halevi concludes that the Israeli army should recruit soldiers to adapt to the challenges posed by Gaza and Lebanon, ending the era of raising the white flag and cowering from committing ground forces to achieve long-lasting results.

For its part, Hezbollah was confident about the Israeli army’s inability to mount an offensive against Lebanon or leverage its immense firepower in a possible war.

Reportedly, Mikati believed that the Israeli president was addressing him while he was infact speaking with the Tunisian official right next to Mikati.