⋯ Netanyahu will hold an assessment session at 9:45 p.m.

The commander of the southern region in the Israeli army, Eliezer Toledano, calls on the Israelis to be patient.

🔴 Ghazi Ezzedine, who was kidnapped by UAE authorities and never presented to court, has died in prison and buried in unmarked graves in the UAE.

UAE authorities refused to send his body to Lebanon.

⋯ A dozen Lebanese are inadmissibly kidnapped in the UAE:

- Fawzi Muhammad Dakroub (life sentence)
- Abdurrahman Talal Shoman (life sentence)
- Ali Hassan al-Mobader (life sentence)
- Ahmed Ali Makkawi (15 years)
- Abdullah Hani Abdullah (life sentence)
- Ahmed Asaad Faour (15 years)
- Waleed Muhammad Idris (on trial)

List continues

⋯ Detainees under investigation without trial:

- Ibrahim Sorour
- Reza Safieddin
- Mostafa Ezz El Din
- Hussein Ezzedine
- Adel Hamadeh
- Abdul Hameed Ezz El Din
- Ibrahim Metrick

The majority being Lebanese Shi'a Muslims.

Latest Israeli army rocket statistics:

973 rockets fired from Gaza, of which 456 impacted in Israel.

About 296 rockets were intercepted

The IDF attacked 254 Islamic Jihad sites and targets.

Three were murdered in an airstrike earlier against a residential building.

Allegedly, a high ranking PIJ commander was killed.

List of casualties as of 4 pm

31 total including 6 children, 4 women, and 2 elderly.

Youngest is 5 y/o and the oldest is a 62 y/o elderly lady.

⋯ Al-Quds Brigades (PIJ) unveils the Buraq-85 rocket:

Warhead: 40 kg
Diameter: 220 mm
Range: 85 kms
Year of service: 2019

The video is noscriptd “Your advanced air defenses will not benefit you”. The dim photo in the background is of the successful strike in Rehovot, south of Tel Aviv.

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Rocket attack from Gaza against Ashkelon and nearby settlements at 6:33 pm.

This is the first violation of the ceasefire.

Throughout the round of escalation with Israel, the Islamic Jihad Movement in Gaza lost 11 fighters, of whom 5 were from its military leadership.

They were part of rocket, ATGM, and infantry units.

Low casualties despite being able to fire up to 1000 mortar/rocket over 3 days.

🍔 31.9% of the Lebanese suffer from obesity problems, according to Sputnik.

Obesity is defined when the body mass index (BMI) is larger than 30. This problem affects, in ascending order, 23.5% in Syria, 23.8% in Iraq, 25.3% in Israel, 26.1% in Iran, and 28.9% in Egypt. Lebanon is less affected than KSA (34.7%), UAE (37.2%), Kuwait (39.7%) and Qatar (42.3%).

In absolute figures, Egyptians rank first in the region: 21.6 million, which is half the total of India!

Prime Minister Najib Mikati issued today a memorandum making Thursday 25 ⁠May a national holiday on Resistance and Liberation Day. Therefore, all schools, educational institutions, and public administrations, are closed on this day.