🌲 - 🇱🇧 An unexploded rocket was found in Mashghara in the western Bekaa, with security forces working to transport it to a safe detonation site.

🌲 - 🇮🇱🇱🇧 The IDF said one of its drones crashed near Tyre in southern Lebanon after being hit by a small surface-to-air missile.

🌲 - 🇮🇱🇱🇧⚠️⚠️ The Israel Defense Forces issued an urgent evacuation warning to residents of the town of Deir Aames in southern Lebanon, claiming that alleged Hezbollah activity and rocket launches from the area are prompting military action. The IDF said it does not intend to harm civilians and instructed residents to evacuate their homes immediately and move at least 1,000 meters outside the village for safety.

🌲 - 🇱🇧🇮🇱 Large Israeli explosion in Qantara in southern Lebanon.

🌲 - 🇵🇰🇮🇷🇮🇱 Pakistan’s Foreign Minister said he looks forward to productive meetings with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi to enhance regional stability, while Israeli Channel 12 cited officials saying that Donald Trump’s proposed ceasefire may be very short-lived, keeping the region on high alert. Meanwhile, a spokesperson for Iran’s Defense Ministry stated that placing the Strait of Hormuz under the management of Iran’s armed forces is one of the achievements of the war.

🇺🇸 - The US Space force has awarded 12 companies with a total of $3.2 billion for the purpose of building prototype interceptors for the planned Golden Dome missile defence system.

Muy significante amigos

🌲 - 🇸🇾🇱🇧 Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa received Lebanese politician Walid Jumblatt at the People’s Palace in Damascus.

🌲 - 🇲🇱 The Malian army announced that armed terrorist groups attacked military positions in the capital Bamako and other areas. Later, Reuters cited the army as saying the situation is now under control.

🌲 - 🇺🇸🇲🇱 The United States Embassy in Mali said it is monitoring reports of explosions and gunfire near Kati and Bamako Airport and urged Americans to shelter in place.

🌲 - 🇮🇶 The Kurdistan Regional Government said the region has been subjected to more than 800 attacks since the start of the war.

🌲 - 🇮🇷 Mehr News Agency reported that explosions heard east of Tehran were caused by leftover wartime munitions.

🌲 - 🇮🇱🇱🇧 Concentrated Israeli artillery shelling reportedly targeted Yahmar al-Shaqif.

🌲 - 🇮🇱🇱🇧 Israeli shelling reportedly targeted areas south of Tyre and the towns of Qantara and Al-Qusayr in Marjayoun district.

🌲 - 🇮🇱🇱🇧 An Israeli airstrike reportedly targeted a motorcycle in Yahmar al-Shaqif.

🌲 - 🇩🇪🌍 German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said the Middle East conflict is sending geopolitical shocks through energy markets in Europe, Asia, and the United States.

🌲 - 🇮🇱🇱🇧 Israeli reconnaissance aircraft were reported flying at low altitude over Beirut’s southern suburbs and administrative Beirut in Lebanon.

🌲 - 🇵🇰 Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry said it continues efforts to achieve peace and stability in the region.

🌲 - 🇮🇱🇱🇧 Renewed Israeli artillery shelling reportedly struck the town of Houla in Marjayoun.

🌲 - 🇵🇰🇮🇷 A Pakistani source told Reuters that Abbas Araghchi presented Iran’s demands and reservations regarding U.S. proposals.

🌲 - 🇮🇷🇵🇰 Iran’s Foreign Ministry said Abbas Araghchi explained Iran’s vision for ending the war during his meeting with Pakistan’s army chief.

🌲 - 🇮🇷🇺🇸 Iranian state television, citing senior military leadership, said Iran will respond to U.S. forces if what it described as blockade and piracy continue in the region.

🌲 - 🇮🇷 Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya headquarters stated it is prepared and determined to continue managing and controlling the Strait of Hormuz.

🌲 - 🇱🇧 Reports of assault on Saint Joseph parish priest Father Rabih in Ras Roueissat - Zaaytriyeh, a predominantly Shia area in the Metn province.

🌲 - 🇱🇧 Apparently the Zaaytriyeh neighborhood in the Ras Roueissat area saw an altercation between a member of the municipal police and two individuals from Zaaytriyeh who are affiliated with Hezbollah, leading to a rapid and dangerous escalation.

According to our information, the two individuals assaulted the municipal police officer, prompting the parish priest of Mar Youssef, Father Rabih, to intervene in an attempt to contain the situation and calm tensions. However, matters quickly spiraled out of control, and the priest himself was shoved and insulted, forcing him to retreat into the church for protection.

The escalation did not stop there. Reports indicate that the assailants pursued the priest inside the church, threatening to kill him—an act that constitutes a blatant violation of the sanctity of religious places. Several worshippers were also attacked, and the priest was prevented from completing the prayer service, in a scene that sparked widespread shock and outrage among local residents.

What happened cannot be considered an isolated incident; rather, it represents a dangerous indicator of the erosion of state authority and the absence of the rule of law—especially when assaults reach places of worship and members of the clergy, who are supposed to be shielded from any conflict or abuse.

In light of these events, citizens are raising a legitimate question: Where is the state? Where are the security forces in protecting citizens, ensuring the freedom to practice religious rituals, and safeguarding human dignity?

The continuation of such incidents without serious accountability opens the door to further security breakdown and threatens civil peace during one of the most sensitive periods Lebanon is going through. What is required today is immediate and decisive action from the relevant authorities to put an end to these violations and to reassert the rule of law over everyone without exception.

🌲 - 🇱🇧 Reports that the two Hezbo individuals turned themselves in to the authorities. Unverified.

The residents of Roueissat and Zaaytriyeh are predominantly Shia, mostly from the Zaaiter family (hence the name), which originates from Baalbek, where they still have very strong ties to the clans. These people are not good people.
Just to jog some people’s memories, these Shia pockets (around 8-9 villages) in the Christian heartland were left untouched by the Christian militias during the 1975 Lebanon War, even though they were perfectly capable of expelling its residents.

Maybe Zaaytriyeh needs to be... hmmm.. let's say... fixed.