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US names new truce monitor, Israeli strikes kill over 50 in Gaza, 70 dead in Syria clashes: Everything you need to know this Friday

Here is what happened yesterday and what to expect today, Friday, May 2.

US names new truce monitor, Israeli strikes kill over 50 in Gaza, 70 dead in Syria clashes: Everything you need to know this Friday

Houses destroyed in the locality of Mais al-Jabal. (Credit: Mohammad Yassine/L'Orient-Le Jour)

Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Friday, May 2, 2025Some key things to watch today:1:30 p.m.: Meeting at Finance Ministry between Jaber, Saddi, and the Secretary General 2:00 p.m.: Teacher protest at Riad Solh 3:00 p.m.: Beirut Madinati to announce its municipal election list A vehicle burns after being targeted by an Israeli drone strike on Mais al-Jabal, Marjayoun, on May 1, 2025. (Credit: Mountasser Abdallah)US appoints new member to truce monitor, Israeli strikes kill two people: Separate Israeli drone strikes on Mais al-Jabal (Marjayoun) killed a Lebanese Civil Defense member and a scrap metal collector yesterday, a day after the announcement of a new U.S. appointee to the November cease-fire monitoring committee. Israel claims the two victims were Hezbollah members. A Lebanese Army source, quoted in an...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Friday, May 2, 2025Some key things to watch today:1:30 p.m.: Meeting at Finance Ministry between Jaber, Saddi, and the Secretary General 2:00 p.m.: Teacher protest at Riad Solh 3:00 p.m.: Beirut Madinati to announce its municipal election list A vehicle burns after being targeted by an Israeli drone strike on Mais al-Jabal, Marjayoun, on May 1, 2025. (Credit: Mountasser Abdallah)US appoints new member to truce monitor, Israeli strikes kill two people: Separate Israeli drone strikes on Mais al-Jabal (Marjayoun) killed a Lebanese Civil Defense member and a scrap metal collector yesterday, a day after the announcement of a new U.S. appointee to the November cease-fire monitoring committee. Israel claims the two victims were Hezbollah members. A Lebanese Army source, quoted in...