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Covering Lebanon and occasionally MENA's conflicts. And currently, the war in Palestine.
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Note: Bahaa is the eldest son of Rafic Al Hariri and has no political weight/presence in Lebanon.

After 17-October-2019 he established a new party and is trying to present himself as a leader in the revolution and a replacement of his brother Saad.
Al-Bilad quoted the Saudi ambassador to Lebanon, Walid Bukhari: "The political parties in Lebanon should consider the issuance of the ICC ruling in the case of Rafik Hariri, a golden opportunity available to exclude Hezbollah from the Lebanese political scene." https://t.co/Ru45erSh6C
Israel War Minister Benny Gantz on the situation at the Lebanese-Palestinian border:

If any of the IDF soldiers were injured, it would be very painful for the other side (Hezbullah). https://t.co/hqYWnoeASm
The COVID-19 Committee recommended the closure for two weeks, with the exception of those affected by the explosion in Beirut, to allow the completion of the restoration work.

MOI Fahmi is expected to announce this with all the details related to the closing hours soon. https://t.co/KkNmY1WL7V
Full recommendations of the COVID-19 committee after meeting at the Serail, regarding the next academic year and the partial closure of economic sectors for a period of two weeks. https://t.co/BkmpOtpyJv
Pictures from Rafic Al Hariri's grave in downtown Beirut.

Security procedures and few supporters can be seen there. https://t.co/ptgkZ7T8QZ
As all watching the STL today notice that the mere evidence against the Hezbullah cell is simply Cell data records and alleged surveillance against PM Rafic Al Hariri, here is some extra thoughts to consider other than what Bo Ostrom talked about here: https://t.co/Jz8ciMMk8S
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In 24 June 2010 Lebanon arrested Charble Kazzi after a security operation to uncover all Israeli infiltration to Lebanon's telecommunication sector.

Charbel, who is the head of maintaince in Alfa, was recruited in 1996 by mossad. He helped Israel get all cellular data from Alfa. https://t.co/r8SSRlxzLj
Not only that, by 1997 according to his testimony, he gave Israel information and access to all of Lebanon's telecommunication sector.

Add to that, he gave them all protocols needed to access the Telecommunication servers in Lebanon

Charbel is a friend of another IDF spy who...
...was killed in an IED by Hezbullah in 1997.

Him aside, he was not the only one caught. Security forces later on captured another mossad spy in Alfa telecommunication provider Tarek Al Rayaa

Tarek that used to get paid 12,000$ monthly by Israel, helped them intercept all calls https://t.co/zKaiwlsudg
Add to that, those two are merely few who were captured and who had access to the Telecommunication sector and cell data records that the ICC is using to connect Hezbullah to the surveillance work against Hariri.

But did Israel monitor Al Hariri? In fact yes, it did.
After years of silence, after finally being accused of his murder, Hezbullah secretary general Sayed Hasan Nasrallah made a 2 hour conference with journalists about IDF spies who were monitoring Al Hariri and produced IDF drone footage they hacked.
Those drones were monitoring Hariri throughout the day and over the area of the explosion and for weeks, even to the north in his private mansion and spa in Faqra

This would be the second time Hezbullah intercept IDF drones before an operation, similar to 1997 sheyetet 13 attack