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Despite US funding, arms delivery and training, the Lebanese military is ill-equipped to protect @lebanon sovereignty.

Illustration: Batroun is a city in northern Lebanon. "Earlier this month, a 25-member commando team from Israel's elite #Shayetet13 unit carried out a maritime raid, abducting [a naval captain] from an apartment in Batroun."
The commando left without facing even a statement of condemnation from the Lebanese army.
This incident demonstrates the degree to which Lebanon's defense capabilities remain compromised.
Details: thecradle.co/articles-id/27704

thecradle.coIsrael's weird abduction of a Lebanese sea captainIsraeli forces recently abducted a Lebanese maritime captain for links to Hezbollah – a claim denied by both his family and the Lebanese resistance movement. Is the kidnapping of Imad Amhaz just another in a series of Israeli flop ops?

#UnitedStates SoS #Blinken spoke w/Lebanon’s caretaker PM #NajibMikati Fri, State spox said in a stmnt Sat PM.

Blinken expressed “US support for the #Lebanese people & noted growing concern over rising tensions along Lebanon’s southern border.” #Hezbollah, terrorist org that wields political power in #Lebanon, has engaged the #IDF on the border, raising fears of a spread ing conflict beyond #Israel & #Hamas. The US urged #Americans in Lebanon to leave ASAP.

washingtonpost.com/world/2023/

The Washington Post · Hamas releases two American hostages, a mother and daughterBy Claire Parker