⚡️🇺🇸🇱🇧🇮🇱 — US Secretary of State Marco Rubio urged Lebanese President Joseph Aoun to refuse returning the seized truck to Hezbollah containing ~780 kg of explosives (TNT, C-4). Rubio demanded accountability for those involved, stating return is "out of the question." This tests Beirut’s control over non-state weapons. — Axios
Aoun stated Lebanon’s forces are preventing armed displays, confiscating weapons, and combating smuggling. He assured Rubio that "no one will be released unless he is innocent." During the exchange, as previously reported, Aoun asked the US to press Israel to comply with the brokered framework agreement.
➡️ Rubio criticized Lebanon’s 1955 Boycott Law, arguing it enables politicized prosecutions that hinder peace. This follows a complaint against Ambassador Nada Hamadeh Moawad for contacting Israeli Ambassador Yechiel Leiter after his son was wounded in a West Bank attack.
➡️ Rubio spoke with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu afterward. State Department declined to comment. Israel-Lebanon negotiations and IDF withdrawal implementation are slowing ahead of Israeli elections. US, Lebanese, and Israeli military officers will meet at CENTCOM next week to discuss implementation.
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MaxOsint Intel ⚡️🇱🇧🇮🇱🇺🇸 — Hezbollah lawmaker Fadlallah acknowledged that hundreds of kilograms of explosives seized with a vehicle at a checkpoint in Lebanon’s eastern Bekaa last week belonged to the group. A Hezbollah official and a Lebanese security source told Reuters…
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