Smoke rises from Gaza after explosions, as seen from the Israeli side of the border with Gaza, Oct. 5, 2025. (Credit: Amir Cohen/Reuters)
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Monday, Oct. 6, 2025Some key things to watch today:3 p.m. A Cabinet meeting at the Baabda Presidential Palace: Ten items on the agenda, most notably the Army Command's presentation of the monthly report on the plan to seize weapons in all Lebanese regions, in implementation of Cabinet Resolution No. 5 of Sept. 5, 2025.Updates on Hamas and Israeli negotiators and mediators in Cairo yesterday, after the group on Friday said it was ready to release all its hostages in line with a U.S. and Israeli-backed truce proposal, and to discuss the remaining details.9:30 a.m. Culture Minister Ghassan Salameh receives the Norwegian Ambassador to Lebanon, Hilde Haraldstad.10 -11 a.m. Grand Jaafarite Mufti Sheikh Ahmad Qabalan receives a delegation from the Free Patriotic Movement and...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Monday, Oct. 6, 2025Some key things to watch today:3 p.m. A Cabinet meeting at the Baabda Presidential Palace: Ten items on the agenda, most notably the Army Command's presentation of the monthly report on the plan to seize weapons in all Lebanese regions, in implementation of Cabinet Resolution No. 5 of Sept. 5, 2025.Updates on Hamas and Israeli negotiators and mediators in Cairo yesterday, after the group on Friday said it was ready to release all its hostages in line with a U.S. and Israeli-backed truce proposal, and to discuss the remaining details.9:30 a.m. Culture Minister Ghassan Salameh receives the Norwegian Ambassador to Lebanon, Hilde Haraldstad.10 -11 a.m. Grand Jaafarite Mufti Sheikh Ahmad Qabalan receives a delegation from the Free Patriotic Movement and...
Israel continues attacks on southern Lebanon, demolishes buildings in Bint Jbeil