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Covering Lebanon and occasionally MENA's conflicts. And currently, the war in Palestine.
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Unofficial sources from the Ministry of Health:

The number of COVID-19 cases today is almost 500, including a large number of cases that need respirators.

The number of deaths is five.
Iraqi Kataeb Hezbullah: "We note that some are impersonating the members Hezbollah Brigades through the possession of "fake IDs" in the name of the Brigades, in order to move between Syria and Lebanon and carry out illegal actions." (1/2) https://t.co/R6og35Nudo
"We call on the relevant authorities to take appropriate measures against them." (2/2)

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The official number today is:

439 new COVID-19 cases and 6 new deaths. https://t.co/hFTu5TUc8S
When reading a book about Lawrence and the Hijaz campaign in 1917, but end up discovering how the UK was more friendly to Al Saud's Wahabist clan in Hijaz and how they bankrolled them, but were secterian against a group they never met or engaged, the Shias in north Lebanon. https://t.co/TUwCtK33vh
Though I've got to say, Lawrence himself was very harsh in his memoirs about the Shia in Lebanon too.

He wasn't the first, as most history books never knew who they were and used to confuse them with the Druze.
Baabda - Louaizeh municipality in a statement asking the minister of interior and Lebanese army for safety guarantees citing their fear of "explosions" near Saint Charles hospital, citing "a threat by Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu two months ago".

Note: What statement? https://t.co/wK79IU41ye
Their facebook statement is about making sure there is no weapons or ammunition inside their municipality territories.

This area is south east Dahyeh. https://t.co/mEicU3AnI4
Similar to last week, two IDF Merkava tanks crossed the technical line and approached the border with Lebanon under the protection of a third tank, while deploying smoke, near Mays Al Jabal. https://t.co/XLZU1xbpvJ
Videos of the earlier incident and more details are on Twitter, check them.

https://twitter.com/UpdatesLebanese?s=09
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One IDF tank got stuck near an inclination and failed to move.
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So it was dragged by another tank, and freed.

This comes as we are entering the 4th week of high IDF alert near the border and limited military movement, awaiting Hezbullah's retaliation to the IDF aggression in Syria that killed one Lebanese.
Regarding the Mount Dov alleged incident where the IDF claimed they foiled an attack, that Hezbullah claimed non existing, Israel MFA filed a complain to the UN.

The claim states that Hezbullah infiltrated 70 m inside Israel with a 50 cal sniper and then left it behind. https://t.co/JbCMQg9EVy
Aside from the fact that the IDF till today showed no video or camera proof of the 3 man cell it claimed it monitored all day, and exchanged fire with, the IDF produced pictures (UNIFIL taken) of a sniper with a range of 1.2 km but ought to enter 70 meters into Israel to use it? https://t.co/y09PV5GTXJ
Why would a Hezbullah cell enter into Israel, to a location farther from the IDF post to use a sniper with a 1.2 km range?

Doesn't the infiltration go against the purpose of a long range sniper attack?

Notice the post north and the alleged location of the cell down. https://t.co/xGXn7ttJsh
That aside, did the Hezbullah cell decide to strip and run away?

That's a jacket that comes under a kevlar vest and an assault vest...did they take them all off and run but IDF ends up just finding that jacket?

No Aks? No guns? No IEDs? That's weak. https://t.co/HHBQrxdTD5