🌲 - 🇮🇶 Iraqi Ministry of Oil: Storage facilities at the Bazarkan oil field were targeted in a drone attack.

🌲 - 🇸🇾🇱🇧 Syrian Border Authority: The Jdeidet Yabous crossing with Lebanon is designated exclusively for civilian passage and is not used for military purposes.

🌲 - 🇮🇱 Israeli Channel 12, citing sources: The confrontation with Hezbollah will continue and escalate even if a ceasefire is reached with Iran.

🌲 - 🇮🇱 Israeli Channel 12, citing a security assessment: Hezbollah is prepared for a long-term confrontation with Israel.

🌲 - 🇰🇼 Kuwaiti Army: Air defenses are intercepting missile and drone attacks.

🌲 - 🇮🇷 Tasnim News Agency, citing a military source: We will not disclose whether the American pilot is in our custody, and US forces are attempting to eliminate their own pilot after losing hope of locating him.

🌲 - 🇮🇱 Israeli senior security official, speaking to Reuters: An operation targeting Iranian energy facilities is expected to begin as early as next week.

🌲 - 🇱🇧 President Joseph Aoun: Negotiation is not a concession and diplomacy is not a surrender; some have chosen to drag Lebanon into a war it has no connection to and link solutions to the broader regional situation. He stressed that the Lebanese Army does not follow any external agendas and that any targeting of it is rejected, adding that Lebanon has requested a ceasefire to initiate negotiations with Israel but has not received a response so far. He also clarified that Sheibani is not an Iranian ambassador, has not presented credentials, and is present at the embassy without an official role, concluding that while some question what diplomacy brings, he responds by asking what their war has brought.

🌲 - 🇱🇧✝️ Patriarch Bechara Al-Rahi: In his Easter sermon, he praised the President’s continuous efforts day and night to stop the war and his outreach to friendly countries, expressing faith that the risen Christ will bring Lebanon from a state of death back to life.

🌲 - 🇱🇧 President Joseph Aoun from Bkerki: I feel sorry to those who attack the army and security forces, and I say to them: “What have you done for the army? The army acts according to the national interest and knows its role, and without it, we would not be in Bkerki today.”

🌲 - 🇱🇧 President Joseph Aoun from Bkerki: For years we have been waiting for Lebanon’s resurrection, and amid destruction and displacement our priority is preserving civil peace, which is a red line, warning that anyone who undermines it is serving Israel.

🌲 - 🇱🇧 President Joseph Aoun: To those with illusions, the era of 1975 is over and circumstances have changed; some media outlets are playing a destructive role, and while we support freedom of expression, it must be exercised responsibly.

🌲 - 🇱🇧 President Joseph Aoun from Bkerki: “A thousand enemies outside the house are better than one inside,” stressing that no one wants internal strife as the Lebanese people are exhausted from wars.

🌲 - 🇱🇧 President Joseph Aoun: Salute to our people standing firm in the south, especially in the border towns; we will do the impossible to secure the essentials of life for you — “we have not forgotten you.”

🌲 - 🇱🇧 President Joseph Aoun from Bkerki: The relationship with Speaker Nabih Berri is excellent, and he has already exchanged Easter greetings with me; the relationship is also good with Prime Minister Nawaf Salam. He added that they are fulfilling their duties and that no response has been received regarding negotiations.

🌲 - 🇱🇧✝️ Patriarch Bechara Al-Rahi: This feast is one of new life, a transition from death to life and from fear to freedom, affirming that Lebanon has risen many times throughout history and is today called to a true and lasting resurrection.

🌲 - 🇱🇧✝️ Patriarch Bechara Al-Rahi: The Lebanese Army is the true guarantee of stability.

🌲 -🇺🇸🇮🇷❗️ ⚠️ U.S. forces have reportedly rescued the second crew member of an F-15E Strike Eagle that was downed over Iran, according to U.S. officials speaking to Fox News and Axios; the operation followed a high-risk search-and-rescue mission after both crew members ejected, with one already rescued earlier, and both are now confirmed safe and out of Iranian territory.