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Hizbullah praised in a statement Monday an attack by a pair of Arab gunmen who killed two Israeli police officers and wounded four in central Israel, before they were killed by police.
Hizbullah considered the attack to be "the most important and practical response to the disgraceful normalization meetings with the enemy."

UNIDO and UNDP have launched the “Lebanon Export Academy”, the first-of-its-kind in Lebanon, calling on Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the agri-food and agriculture sector to apply to the academy.
The academy equips women and men-led MSMEs and Cooperatives in Lebanon with the required know-how and practical export skills to scale up their operations and foster their readiness to export.

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Sunday lashed out at the country's political forces for perpetuating "crises, seditions and grudges."

Prime Minister Najib Miqati held talks Saturday in Doha with Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani.

The British Embassy in Beirut has announced that it is "deeply concerned" by the closure by some Lebanese banks of certain accounts belonging to account holders in Lebanon who are nationals or residents of the United Kingdom.

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian held separate meetings Friday in Lebanon with President Michel Aoun and Hizbullah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah.
The meeting with Aoun at the Baabda Palace was attended by the accompanying Iranian delegation, the Presidency said.

U.N. Special Coordinator for Lebanon Joanna Wronecka has visited the Palestine refugee camp of Bourj al-Barajneh in Beirut's southern suburbs, accompanied by Claudio Cordone, Director of UNRWA Affairs, Lebanon.
She met with representatives of Palestinian factions in the camp and with refugee families. She also visited the UNRWA health clinic, the Women’s Programs Association and refugee shelters in the camp.

Mount Lebanon Prosecutor Judge Ghada Aoun on Thursday issued an order asking the Customs administration to prevent six Lebanese banks from sending money abroad, al-Jadeed TV said.

State Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Fadi Akiki has filed new charges against Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geagea over the Tayyouneh clashes file, after having obtained new information.
The LF said in a statement that the detainees’ lawyers had submitted earlier this month a request to recuse Akiki "but the latter started to evade being notified."

Interior Minister Bassam al-Mawlawi has asked the army to send soldiers to the Zouk power plant to protect fuel tanks and expired chemical materials that “could cause an explosion,” a day after Cabinet tasked the army with safeguarding the site.
“The plant’s current security situation is not appropriate due to the presence of holes in the electronic fence and the absence of any guards, which would allow individuals to enter into its premises, where hydrogen and fuel oil tanks and some expired dangerous materials are present,” Mawlawi said in a statement.
