Netanyahu in a telephone conversation with President Macron: "If Hezbollah believes that it can solve the crisis in Lebanon by creating a crisis with Israel, it will be a big mistake"

Note: Hezbullah is due to retaliate against Israel, after the Damascus incident weeks ago https://t.co/NgNZ10NI0u

Netanyahu to Macron:

"After the Beirut bombing, Hezbollah’s weapons must be removed from the populated areas"

Note: This is an unfounded Israeli claim that was debunked by the Lebanese MFA years ago when they took foreign ambassadors to visit those sites. https://t.co/ZLDYzOfMtf

During today, most political parties are meeting with each other setting conditions and demanding certain seats in the new government.

Currently the name of Nawaf Salam is being mentioned, but this is no different than last time.

🔁 RT Asad Abukhalil @asadabukhalil: What is significant about this report is that since the US had a “contractor” inspecting the Port, it refutes the Mossad and Liz Sly’s claims that Hizbullah stored arms. If US found arms, the world would have known as early as 2016.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/10/world/middleeast/beirut-explosion-us-contractor.html

The Ministry of Health: 309 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded, bringing the total number to 7,121 cases and 5 new deaths.

This is the highest recorded number since the first case was recorded on 21 February 2020.

Updated death toll for today is 7.

US Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft: "The Lebanese government must ensure that Hezbollah does not acquire new weapons."

Kelly Craft: "We support a transparent investigation into the Beirut Port explosion disaster." https://t.co/dioFWq6bo9

@Running2020Wild It's already there. https://t.co/kRC31o2zaf

Kann, Israel:

Assessment in Israel:

In the wake of tensions with Hezbollah and the situation in Lebanon, France may agree to demand that UNIFIL be granted greater powers such as expanding the areas in which UNIFIL can patrol, and shorter warning time before entering properties. https://t.co/3lcRuNpeMT

Note: Russia and China said they will veto any resolution that changes the tasks and power of the UNIFIL.

-- Riad Salame, governor of Lebanon's central bank, is accused by anti-corruption journalists of concealing investments that could prove illegal in the Lebanese law.

Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/OCCRP/status/1293233968691716097
Website: SOURCE

Global glass giant @saintgobain, French company, Saint-Gobain, will donate 300,000 square meters of glass from its factories in Egypt to Lebanon after the explosion of the port in Beirut.

Source: @tammam1975 https://t.co/r9GeSrmgx0

Syria: The director of a glass production plant in Adra said that the Ministry of Industry will contribute to the reconstruction of Beirut Port where an initial contract has been signed for 25 thousand square meters of glass with 7 vendors.

Note: Lebanon does not produce glass.

The IDF seems to have forgotten fast what they learned in 2006 and did in 2008. https://t.co/o1khtIUvDw

According to journalist Ghassan Saud, the investigations concluded that quantities of the shipment of explosive materials were being smuggled and sold from the Beirut port to some of the owners of mines and crushers for use in blasting rocks. (1/2) https://t.co/63u2VGeSwn

And to refresh the memory, the 2015 suicide attack in Dahyeh used explosives and ammonium nitrate bought from from a local fixer for the use in mines and crushers according to investigations

The 3 suicide attack were done by ISIS, killing 41 and injuring 200. (2/2)

Source of the information about the 2015 incident. https://t.co/DgURcap82Y