⋯ According to Israeli claims, the attack targetted an observation point manned by Hezbullah and the Syrian army.

⋯ Years ago, a Lebanese attempted to kill him using an explosive device but died in the process. His IED exploded prematurely.

His name was Mustafa Mazih.

⋯ From a demonstration against Rushdie in Beirut in 1989.

After today's attack, the IDF delivered leaflets with a threat to the Syrian army against cooperating with Hezbullah.

Usually, an attack follows these leaflets.

⋯ Syria, a while ago: The Israeli army fired several flares over the northwestern countryside of Quneitra, over the town of Hamidiya, a place near the area targeted today.

UAVs are airborne too.

⋯ An old video of Hezbullah's SG Sayed Hasan Nasrallah talking about Salman Rushdie.

قال محمد بن مسلم : فقلت لأبي جعفر ( عليه السلام ) : أرأيت لو أن رجلا الآن سب النبي ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) أيقتل؟ قال : إن لم تخف على نفسك فاقتله.

⋯ New York Times: "After being stabbed, Salman Rushdie is on a ventilator and cannot speak. His arm and liver are injured, and he may lose an eye, his agent said."

Qatar donated $60,000,000 to the Lebanese army to be distributed to the soldiers, without distinction between their ranks.

Each soldier will get about $100 for 8 months.

After donating food for the soldiers, Qatar has donated money!

On Monday, the Lebanese Minister of the Displaced, Issam Sharaf El-Din, will head to Syria to discuss the return of displaced Syrians back to Syria.

Yesterday, a Canadian from Lebanese descent stabbed with a pair of scissors a Jew in Montreal, Canada. He is in stable condition.

It was work a related incident. They are coworkers.

The attacker has been arrested and identified as Mouloud Machouche.

Seen on a placard in Borj El-Brajneh (Beirut):

“Even if Salman Rushdie repented and became the most pious, it is the duty of any Muslim to recruit his soul and money and all his effort to send Rushdie to the deepest pits of hell.” — Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

The Lebanese Army: Two soldiers, one of them in critical condition, were injured in clashes between an army unit and smugglers on the northern border.

🇾🇪 Yemen: 91 died as a result of floods.

🇸🇩 Sudan: 52 died and 5,345 houses collapsed completely due to rain.

May those lost be in peace and condolences to their families 🌹

Occupied Palestine: 7 wounded, 3 of them in critical condition, after a shooting targetted an Israeli bus near the historic Wall in the occupied city of Jerusalem.

Gunman still at large.