Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch today:• Updates on southern Lebanon's coastal region, after evacuation warnings warned people in the area south of the Awali River• International efforts to broker cease-fires in Lebanon and Gaza.• 11:00 a.m. Qatari Foreign Affairs Minister, Lolwah al-Khater, and her accompanying delegation to Beirut airport, where she will be greeted by caretaker Public Health Minister Firas Abiad and caretaker Environment Minister Nasser Yassin. She will later meet with caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati at the Grand Serail at 11:30 a.m.• 1:00 p.m. A shipment of Qatari humanitarian aid will arrive at Beirut airport. At least 2,083 people killed, 9,869 wounded in Lebanon since Oct. 8Overnight, new...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch today:• Updates on southern Lebanon's coastal region, after evacuation warnings warned people in the area south of the Awali River• International efforts to broker cease-fires in Lebanon and Gaza.• 11:00 a.m. Qatari Foreign Affairs Minister, Lolwah al-Khater, and her accompanying delegation to Beirut airport, where she will be greeted by caretaker Public Health Minister Firas Abiad and caretaker Environment Minister Nasser Yassin. She will later meet with caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati at the Grand Serail at 11:30 a.m.• 1:00 p.m. A shipment of Qatari humanitarian aid will arrive at Beirut airport. At least 2,083 people killed, 9,869 wounded in Lebanon since Oct. 8Overnight,...
Israel continues attacks on southern Lebanon, demolishes buildings in Bint Jbeil