Late last night, an IDF soldier was killed and 3 others were wounded at Kfir training base in Jordan Valley, when the grenade he found in a firing zone and kept in his bag exploded.

The moment when 45 year old Palestinian Ahmad Kahleh was shot by Israeli soldiers during an alleged stabbing attack in Silwad, near Ramallah.

He was transported to a nearby hospital with severe injuries and passed away shortly afterwards.

⋯ According to an IDF spokesman, there was no stabbing attack.

The martyr was stopped for questioning, and the struggle that can be seen in the video was the martyr attempting to seize a gun from the occupation soldiers.

Sources quoting Electricité du Liban:

“Currently, there is no possibility of generating electricity for citizens, or increasing the hours of electricity provided at all due to the scarcity of fuel. It is hardly possible to operate vital facilities.”

Al-Jadeed: A group of Syrians was sent back to Syria by the Lebanese army after being arrested for attempting to cross into Lebanon illegally.

They were sent back across the western bridge in Wadi Khaled, Akkar, where Syrian security forces received them.

The Hospital Owners Syndicate warns of a "health catastrophe":

“If the Banque du Liban does not provide us with liquidity, patients will have to buy their medicines at their own expense.”

A Central Bank source to Al-Jadeed: The official exchange rate will increase tenfold from 1,500 LBP/USD to 15,000 LBP/USD, effective as of the start of February.

Banque du Liban's Central Council meeting has come to a close, with the council unable to decide on or issue any measures to mitigate the crisis. The Sayrafa platform will remain offline for companies and limited to 100mil LBP/month for individuals temporarily.

Legal action against landfill in Choueifat, South Beirut

According to LBCI, Mount Lebanon's environmental prosecutor, Judge Fadi Malakoun, sued the president of Choueifat's development council, Nabil al-Jisr, and the contractor Jihad al-Arab, for executing the ‘Costa Brava Landfill’ without ‘Environmental Impact Assessment’ approval from the Ministry of Environment.

⋯ The seabirds that the Costa Brava Landfill attracts pose risks for aviation, given the landfill's close proximity to Beirut Airport. Ultrasonic bird repellers were installed, but this method failed in 2017 when the birds grew resistant. Middle East Airlines had then resorted to drastic measures, hiring 125 hunters to kill over 10,000 seagulls.

Presently, there are reportedly 14 ultrasonic devices, but Mohammad al-Hout, director general of Middle East Airlines, has threatened to repeat the killing spree, unless the interior minister takes steps to eliminate the aviation hazard.

⋯ This landfill has been a symptom of the country's ongoing garbage crisis since 2016, a year following the closure of the Naameh Landfill which received garbage from Mount Lebanon and Beirut.

The Ministry of Energy needs cash to settle several energy imports

In a press conference, the Minister of Energy Walid Fayyad revealed that the state has accumulated ‘delay fines’ worth nearly $1 million for failing to pay for and unload the cargo of 4 gas and fuel-oil ships moored to Lebanon's coast. The ships belong to the company Vitol.

The minister's solution to the electricity crisis requires approval by the Prime Minister of a treasury advance of $62 million to empty the vessels and $75 million for future vessels, in addition to maintenance costs worth $54 million.

Lebanese General Security announces the resumption of receiving applications for obtaining and renewing passports, expediting the process of issuing them, and preponing late appointments.

Text messages will be sent to the phones of applicants informing them of the new dates.

⋯ Security camera footage of the incident.

Tuk tuk taxi drivers in Akkar, North Lebanon, blocked Bebnine-Abdeh road in protest of the deteriorating living conditions and high fuel prices, demanding that costs be reduced.

Still, the protesters left a path open for ambulances and other emergency vehicles to pass.

A shortage of depressant drugs has been reported in many Lebanese pharmacies.

The Pharmaceutical Importers Syndicate claims there is no importing crisis and that there are enough depressant drugs in warehouses.

⋯ Sources argue that the problem lies in the pharmacies themselves: Either they are unable to buy these medications in bulk because of the high-costs, which explains why there are less shortages in larger pharmacies compared to smaller ones,