The U.S. Air Force has grounded the majority of its F-35s, temporarily taking its most advanced combat fighter jets out of service to inspect faulty ejection seats.

Are Israel's jets grounded too?

🌾 Ukraine claimed the ship has travelled from Crimea with 5,000 tons of barley and 5,000 tons of flour “that we suspect was taken from Ukrainian stores”.

A customs field agent who boarded the vessel in Tripoli told The Cradle there was no barley among the cargo, “only flour”. The cargo is reportedly bound for Syria.

A senior customs official tells off the record: “The prime minister contacted the customs leadership and demanded we hold the ship for investigation, while the office of the president of the republic asked us to let the ship depart to its destination to avoid trouble with the Syrians and the Russians”. “This is a complete conflict in decision making, we don’t know how to act right now”, even though “by law [Ukraine] is not allowed to make this request of us. They must bring us evidence first, and if it is compelling, only then can we undertake an investigation.” (The Cradle)

Prime Minister Mikati and President Aoun disagree on the matter.

🛑 A clash occurred in the southern village of Rmeish after members of the Lebanese Forces party started cutting down the forests on the border with Israel.

To Hezbullah, and for the fight against Israel, the trees are the most important asset Lebanon owns!

⋯ On the other side of the village, inside occupied Palestine, the IDF already has deforested the whole area.

Lebanon's parliament speaker Nabih Berri stated that Lebanon refuses to give up any of its maritime rights and rejects Israel's proposal to share with Lebanon an investment across line ⁠23.

Lebanon demands line ⁠23 and full economic rights on Qana prospect field (a fraction of it is beyond line ⁠23). The disputed area according to Lebanon is between lines ⁠23 and 29. According to Israel, it is between lines ⁠1 and 23.

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Update by Hebrew media: IDF grounds its F-35 fleet for training flights following the ejector seat issue.

Hezbullah's military media is expected to issue a video shortly.

Israeli-born US mediator Amos Hochstein arrives to Lebanon today.

Hezbullah releases footage of the Israeli drilling stations at Karish field from the scope of its naval weapons, in a threat to Israel if it does not give Lebanon its demands in the maritime negotiations.

For high quality video: t.me/LebUpdate/26544

Maronite Patriarch Bechara Al-Rahi in his Sunday's service:

"We demand they stop calling the Lebanese citizens in Israel as traitors".

Alleged video showing the Lebanese minister of Energy watching the video release by Hezbullah's military media.

⋯ As soon as the Lebanese Minister of Energy landed, he met the Israeli-born & current US-mediator Amos Hochstein at the airport.

Video was taken by a Lebanese traveler.

A demonstration in downtown Beirut entitled "Welcome to Refugees"

Minister Abdullah Bouhabib: "Hezbullah's video from UAVs and the coordinates of the Israeli gas platforms, does not represent the position of the Lebanese state."

Note: The new video was taken from land and not using UAVs.

⋯ Major General Abbas Ibrahim received in his office an American delegation headed by American envoy Amos Hochstein and in the presence of the United States Ambassador to Lebanon Dorothy Shea.

⋯ Lebanese minister of energy Walid Fayyad:

“Hochstein brings a new proposal to the Lebanese officials and told me that it is positive and denied any rumors about joint exploration between Lebanon and Israel.

“Hochstein and I talked about Iranian fuel, and I told him frankly that I am in favor of bringing electricity to the Lebanese and I cannot refuse any donation in this matter. It is a serious proposal and on official papers.”