Day: May 25, 2024

National News Agency correspondent in Marjayoun reported that the enemy's artillery shelling targeted the town of al-Khiam this evening, causing a fire to break out and black smoke to rise as a result of a shell hitting a diesel tank near the Khiam detention center. It was reported that the fire is intensifying as and spreading to neighboring homes, and that residents are appealing to civil defense teams gor help. The enemy bombing is also targeting the town of Houla with phosphorus shells, and the Israeli army is combing the Hounin Valley with artillery and machine guns in the direction of the town of Kfar Kila. Source: National News Agency - Lebanon

Israeli Channel 12 said that the waves washed away part of the American floating pier off Gaza to the shores of the city of Ashdod, noting that the Israeli Navy returned it and attached it again, according to "Russia Today." Last week, the American naval pier was opened, which provides a new route for the flow of humanitarian aid to the Palestinians in the Strip. US officials said the dock would initially handle 90 trucks per day, but that number could reach 150. To maintain the neutrality of the UN at the pier, there is no contact between the small number of UN staff at the site and the Israeli army, which provides security and logistical support. Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip warn that establishing the water dock will give Israel "the opportunity to extend the war." Source: National News Agency - Lebanon

Chairman of the Lebanese-Ghanaian Parliamentary Friendship Committee, MP Ghassan Atallah, accompanied today the Commander of the Ghanaian Army, Thomas Oppong Pepreh, on a tour in south Lebanon to check on the Ghanaian battalion operating within the UNIFIL peacekeeping forces, where the officers and soldiers who served in the region after the 'Al-Aqsa Flood' were honored. Ghanaian Army Chief stressed that his country always stands by Lebanon and supports the implementation of international resolution, and hopes that "peace will prevail in Lebanon and the region and that Ghana will be a partner in this peace that will bring relief to the region." Earlier, MP Atallah and General Oppong Pepreh and his accompanying delegation visited Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, Prime Minister Najib Mikati, Caretaker Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib, and Army Chief General Joseph Aoun, in the presence of Ghana's Consul Ali Jaafar. The Ghanaian Army Commander concluded his visit to Lebanon by meeting with the head of the F ree Patriotic Movement, MP Gebran Bassil, during which he toured Batroun and was briefed on the development and tourism achievements in the region. Source: National News Agency - Lebanon

Free Patriotic Movement Chief, MP Gebran Bassil, wrote today on his 'X' platform account: 'On the day of liberation, a tribute to the spirit of every Lebanese who was martyred for Lebanon, and to every resistance fighter who protects our land, and an affirmation of Lebanon's right to resist against any aggression or occupation...." He added, "Protecting our homeland occurs through preserving the elements of our strength for our country, and only for our country, and by fortifying national unity through reviving constitutional institutions, most notably the presidency of the republic.' Source: National News Agency - Lebanon

The Islamic Resistance announced in a communique this afternoon that "in support of our steadfast Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, the Resistance fighters targeted at 4:15 pm today the enemy's Zebdin post in the occupied Lebanese Shebaa Farms, hitting it directly with artillery shells." Source: National News Agency - Lebanon

Caretaker Minister of Agriculture, Abbas al-Hajj Hassan, pursued on Saturday his Egyptian tour to benefit from the country's expertise in the field of fish farming, accompanied by a high-level Lebanese delegation and officials from the Arab Organization for Agricultural Development headed by Dr. Ibrahim Al-Dakhiri, where they visited the fish hatchery Kilo 21 in Alexandria, affiliated with the General Authority for Fish Resources Development. The hatchery is supported by the Egyptian government to provide food security for the Egyptian citizen, and works to achieve prosperity through export. During the tour, Minister Hajj Hassan stressed 'the importance of cooperation and exchanging experiences with the Egyptian side in this field,' and also pointed out 'the need for networking between the Lebanese and Egyptian private sectors under the auspices of agricultural governmental bodies.' Source: National News Agency - Lebanon