⋯ So all in all, the situation today will end without further escalation, but another will happen again.

Hezbullah's relationship with FPM will never fully heal. Hezbullah was betrayed.

LF and Kataeb will continue to train and gather weapons. (They have known training camps)

Today's incident took place near this church.

The same church where Hezbullah and people passed by peacefully 23 years ago to celebrate the liberation of south Lebanon, in a convoy of tanks, cars, and looted weapons.

⋯ Everyone from Gebran Basil's party trying to say Fadi was protecting his village from unknowns with weapons is lying.

When the truck fell, it was treated as a normal traffic accident, and there is video footage to prove it.

⋯ Not until people knew it was for Hezbullah did they attack, forcing the truck's security detail to shoot in the air to deter them. No injuries.

Fadi then proceeded to shoot and kill Ahmad, in his back. Then and only then was Fadi killed and sent to hell.

Kahaleh mourns it's militiaman, who was killed during an ambush on a Hezbullah truck, with a photo of him with an AK.

Fadi participated in the Lebanese civil war, and was politically aligned with the Lebanese Christian right.

The Loyalty to the Resistance bloc:

We condemn the emergence of the militia that took place in the Kahaleh area, following the overturning of a truck belonging to the the Resistance, and the assault on its members in an attempt to seize it.

🛑 The Lebanese minister of defence, was subjected to an assassination attempt in Basha bridge area.

He is safe

🛑 Kataeb party leader Samy Gemayel announces the end of their “political” struggle against Hezbullah, and the start of a new stage where they explore “non-political” approaches.

Update (Twitter): “To my comrades in the Phalangist party, I say: know that your party has moved to a new stage, and as of today our struggle is existential and is no longer a traditional political struggle.”

U.S. Treasury sanctions Riad Salameh after 30 years of tenure

The US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned today former Lebanese central bank governor Riad Salameh, his son Nady Salameh, his brother Raja Salameh, his aid Marianne Hoayek, and his child's mother Anna Kosakova. All are accused of participating in embezzlement and corruption schemes.

The US protected Salameh until the end of his tenure (on 31 ⁠July), which started in 1993. In 2022, US Ambassador Dorothy Shea pressured PM Mikati to block the subpoena against him. In 2021, US State Department's David Hale said he “hasn't seen any evidence” of corruption. Under Western pressure, Salameh sought to close Hezbullah's non-profit bank Qard Al-Hasan that is not part of the official banking system.

⋯ In a 2020 interview, US Ambassador Dorothy Shea expressed the US's support of Salameh as Lebanon's central bank governor.

“The US has worked with him over the years. He enjoys great confidence in the international financial community”

Update according to security sources: A stray bullet hit the minister's vehicle. It was not an assassination attempt.

The photo of the incident, as published by the defense minister's office.

Footage was released by Kataeb party media showing their attempt to steal the contents of the ammo boxes Hezbullah was moving towards its units.

Hezbullah units are supplied for defense against Israel.

A new video surfaced on social media showing the truck and crane attempting to gather the content and leave, while few locals are heard debating in the background about shooting at them.

One says "Give me the rifle, I'll shoot."

No clashes occurred beforehand.

📺 An orchestral concert has been on loop 24/7 on state channel Télé Liban (video) since the staff began a strike on the 3rd of August.

Employees have their salaries still based on the exchange rate of 1,500 Lebanese pounds. 1.5M-pound salaries equivalent to $1,000 in 2019 are worth $16 today. There are fears that an official closure of the station is under preparation.

On a side note, what are they playing? 🤔

🚨 Information Minister Ziad Makari took the decision to close Télé Liban.

This is the concert the orchestra was playing whilst Télé Liban was sinking into the deepest depths of the Mediterranean. Lebanon will be left with sectarian stations.

Max Bruch - Piano Quintet in G minor (1868/1888):
1. Allegro molto moderato. Tranquillo (0:00)
2. Adagio (8:22)
3. Scherzo. Allegro molto. Trio (13:53)
4. Finale. Allegro agitato (19:58)

During the funeral of Fadi Bejani, dozens of armed men in Kahale mourned his death, a few hours and days after their leaders called to rid Lebanon of Hezbullah's illegal weapons and restrict arms to the state.

While Hezbullah is armed for Israel, what are they armed for?

Hezbullah's SG Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah to speak on Monday at 8:30 pm to commemorate the Second Lebanon War victory and discuss internal Lebanese politics.

The committee in charge of censoring cinema films, which includes representatives of Public Security and the Ministry of Economy, watched the movie #Barbie this morning, and concluded it did not find any scene to justify banning it.