Firass Abiad, the head of Rafik Hariri University Hospital, tweets about the record tally of COVID-19 cases today, saying that “some people should have known and acted better, a gross abdication of responsibility”

SOUTH LEBANON  Two injured, including a child, in Israeli attack Wednesday; school set on fire in Kfar Tibnit

MIDDLE EAST TENSIONS  Israel army chief says reinforcing troops on all fronts

US-IRAN WAR  US military weighs use of ‘mother of all bombs’ in potential future strikes on Iran, CNN says