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Lebanon complains to UN over Israeli sonic booms

Lebanon’s permanent mission to the U.N. has filed a complaint to the Security Council over the repeated breaking of the sound barrier over the Lebanese regions by Israeli warplanes, including over the capital Beirut.

The complaint comes at the instructions of caretaker Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib.

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Netanyahu holds 'positive' talks with Blinken, lauds US proposal

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken held a “positive” meeting Monday that was conducted in “a good atmosphere,” Netanyahu’s office said in an English-language post on the X platform.

“The meeting lasted approximately three hours. The Prime Minister reiterated Israel's commitment to the current American proposal on the release of our hostages, which takes into account Israel's security needs, which he strongly insists on,” the office added.

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Geagea urges involving private sector in power generation

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea on Monday noted that the electricity crisis of the past two days proves that the management of the electricity sector has been a “total failure” for the past 15 years.

“There is not a single indication that this management will change, and accordingly only one solution remains: involving the private sector immediately in the process of producing electricity and distributing it across Lebanon,” Geagea said.

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Hamas, Islamic Jihad claim attempted suicide bombing in Tel Aviv

Palestinian militant groups Hamas and the Islamic Jihad on Monday claimed responsibility for an attempted suicide bombing that rocked Tel Aviv overnight Sunday.

In a joint statement, the two groups said suicide attacks inside Israel will continue as long as Israel continues with its massacres, assassinations and the displacement of civilians.

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Mikati urges UK to press Israel as Syria condemns Nabatieh strike

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati told British Foreign Minister David Lammy in a call there was a "need to pressure the Israeli enemy to stop its direct targeting of southern towns and villages," after an Israeli airstrike on the Nabatieh region killed 10 Syrian civilians and wounded many others.

"The current cycle of violence may lead to an escalation with dire consequences," Mikati told Lammy, according to a statement shared by his office.

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Power supply secured for vital facilities as national grid goes offline

The state-run Zahrani Oil Installations overnight started pumping five million liters of fuel oil on loan to the Zahrani power plant through the supply line that connects them, a day after Lebanon’s state utility Electricité du Liban announced that its power plants had exhausted their supply of fuel oil and would stop producing electricity.

In a statement, the Installations director general said the process started after “completing all the administrative, technical and legal files,” adding that EDL’s board of directors would meet Sunday and issue a statement announcing when the power plant would become functional.

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Lebanon’s Omar El Halabi loses to Thai star, wins Bangkok crowd in show of endurance

Lebanese Muay Thai fighter Omar El Halabi won the Bangkok crowd despite losing to surging Thai star Kompet Fairtex at ONE Championship’s show ONE Friday Fights 75.

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Geagea accuses govt of 'high treason' over south

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea on Friday accused the caretaker government of committing “high treason” due to “what’s happening in the south.

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Hezbollah marks 2006 war as Qassem says Hochstein's visit 'for show'

Hezbollah has issued a statement commemorating the end of the 2006 war with Israel, saying it would continue "to defend Lebanon" despite "ongoing Israeli threats and assassinations."

Hezbollah's deputy chief Sheikh Naim Qassem meanwhile said that U.S. mediator Amos Hochstein's visit Wednesday to Lebanon was "for show," although Speaker Nabih Berri, a Hezbollah ally, expressed relief over the visit.

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Berri on Hochstein's visit: Situation is better now

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has said that U.S. mediator Amos Hochstein's visit to Lebanon on Wednesday has created "positivities that can be capitalized on."

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