🚨 Initial reports of an Israeli aggression against Syria.

⋯ Additional photos from Syria.

This order only concerns public schools.

A fire and secondary explosions are still ongoing at the site of the targeted location.

The Israeli army fired few bullets and a flare into Lebanon near Al-Wazani.

The flare caused a fire that detonated several old Israeli mines inside Lebanon.

Explosions continue in Syria as the target's contents continue to detonate, several hours after the attack.

President Aoun proceeded to transfer some files and special items from the Republican Palace to his home in Rabieh - (Nidaa Al-Watan)

Aoun's presidency ends in less than 70 days.

‘Our goal is to destroy the Israeli army’: Hezbollah commander

Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar published a special interview on 25 August with a founding member of Hezbollah’s military. The commander, whose name was redacted for security measures, announced that Hezbollah is eager to have Israel commit any mistake in Lebanon to deal a blow to the pride of the Israeli army.

He added that the current maritime dispute is either a significant opportunity for the resistance to leverage its power projection to secure Lebanon’s rights, or a pretext for the third Lebanon war, which would be the cornerstone to liberating Palestine.

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⋯ The Hezbollah commander revealed that Nasrallah had ordered a mass-casualty attack against the Israeli army in 2019.

Nasrallah’s order would have been executed, had Israel decided to attack the group’s precision-guided munition (PGM) production line in Beqaa governorate after US diplomat David Satterfield’s threats against it.

⋯ "Our new mandated task after the 2006 war focused on building the qualitative capacity capable of destroying the Israeli army, and not just preventing it from achieving its goals,”

⋯ The commander concluded his interview with the fact that the destruction in the upcoming war will be mutual, and that Israel will fight its first defensive war since 1948 under unprecedented firepower from both Lebanon and Palestine.

Interview: www.al-akhbar.com/Politic…

⋯ In the interview, the commander reveals that in the case of war Israel will evacuate all settlers from the border area about 5 km back.

And that "Hezbullah will make Israel recover bodies from under rubles of destroyed buildings for the first time ever".

Journalist Hassan Illaik:

"The decision taken by Hezbullah to prevent its members from traveling, notably to Iraq, may be related to its state of readiness and anticipation of a confrontation with Israel."