from Israeli artillery in a brief flare-up across the tense border.
A Lebanese military official said nine Israeli shells fell on the area and Israeli helicopters and drones flew over the area
As if yesterday’s incident is not enough , Lebanese Armed Forces and UNIFIL found and defused four more Katyusha rockets ready for launching in Houla village near Marjayoun this morning
In a statement, the Israeli military said it views yesterday’s e incident as "grave" and holds the Lebanese government responsible.
This is the same general area where the Israeli spying equipment was discovered by Hezbollah last week . Hezbollah did not claim responsibility for the attack but at the same time refused to give any comments to AP when contacted
Wednesday
10:00pm Marada Movement leader Suleiman Franjieh had dinner with Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri to discuss ways to get out of the political stalemate . Franjiyeh is reportedly planning to visit Damascus at the end of the week seeking Syrian help over Cabinet formation
9:40 pm Wahab told ANB: the linep that Aoun will accept should include communication Justice or energy and social affairs and another unspecified fourth ministry
9:17pm The Lebanese FM has notified the UN about Israeli violations of 1701 and expressed concern about Israeli attempts to destabilize the country and its plans to launch another aggression against Lebanon
8:20pm PM-designate Saad Hariri apologized for not attending the presidential dinner in Baabda.
7:25pm OTV: A meeting between President Michel Suleiman and Speaker Nabih Berri is underway in parallel with the dinner held in honor of Malta's Prince in Baabda.
5:57 pm president Assad says Syria ready to resume indirect talks with Israel
5:50 pm Marada Movement revealed that a meeting will be held soon between Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri, Marada Movement leader Suleiman Franjieh and Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun.
5:05pm Aoun: Nothing new regarding the formation of the cabinet. The governmental crisis will be solved and we will occupy our position.
5:00pm FPM leader MP Michel Aoun after the weekly meeting of Change and Reform bloc: Yesterday's Katyusha was not innocent, and all the officials disregard the Israeli spying but talk about Katyusha and Hezbollah's arms.
4:20pm PM-designate Saad Hariri: We will reach government formation even if it took some extra time.
3:30pm PM-designate Saad Hariri met with EU Ambassador to Lebanon Patrick Laurent at Center House. The two men discussed the latest local and regional developments in addition to means of developing relations between Lebanon and the EU in several domains.
1:25 pm MP Azzi told "MTV": There is an an attempt to abolish the "Lebanese Forces" and "Kataeb " at the level of government representation . They tried before to delete us from the political equation in the Christian community and election results showed this is impossible, "We are permanent and others are transiting "
1 :19 pm an Ethiopian maid committed suicide when who she threw herself from the third floor near the convent school in the town of Abra east of Sidon
1 :10pm president Suleiman: the government crisis should be called an administrative more than a political crisis and discussions are now focused on 1 or 2 portfolios.
1 :01pm Willliams from Rabiyah : we are concerned over the delay in government formation and we hope it will be formed before the UN security council meeting to discuss 1701 which is scheduled to take place in 2 weeks
12:46pm Patriarch Sfeir: The country is going through tough times and efforts should be doubled by all parties to save the country from more difficulties
12:15pm Speaker Nabih Berri is meeting with U.S. Ambassador Michele Sison in Ain el-Tineh.
12:10pm Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gabriela Shalev has filed an official complaint with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Security Council president over the Katyusha rocket fired at Israeli territory on Tuesday from Lebanon.
12:07pm The Army Command said in a communique that it found 4 rockets on the outskirts of Houla and opened an investigation with UNIFIL.
11:53 MP Arthur Nazarian told VOL: Tashnag’s share in the government will be as part of the FPM’s share. We demand a portfolio and not minister of state.
11:38 UNIFIL Commander Maj. Gen. Claudio Graziano inspected the area where rockets were found on Wednesday morning.
11:15 Israeli fighter jets overflew Nabatiyeh, Marjayoun, Khiam, Sidon, Iqlim al-Tuffah and the eastern sector.
11:10 Hezbollah MP Nawwaf Moussawi told New TV on Wednesday that he is surprised about the discrepancy between the “silence” over the Israeli espionage devices found at the Khallit al-Onq area between the villages of Houla and Mays al-Jabal, and the “interest” in the rockets launched from South Lebanon toward Israel on Tuesday
8:34 ISF are trying to convince a man to refrain from committing suicide by jumping from the 9th floor of a building under construction in Ain el-Mraisseh. The incident caused huge traffic.
8:16 Future News: The army and UNIFIL found 4 rockets set for launching at Wadi Houla
8:15 VOL: Four rockets set for launching were defused in the south this morning.
8:08 Al-Jadeed: Houla municipality chief found four rockets at his home’s balcony.
7:32 Minister Mohammed Jawad Khalife told VOL: I am very optimistic. Difficulties have been mainly contained.
7:30 MP Imad al-Hout told VOL: We have a real opportunity to form the cabinet. The only condition, however, is to turn talk into action.
Tuesday
9:00 pm Amr Moussa, the secretary general of the Arab League says he is positive that the current negotiations on Iran's nuclear program will eventually yield proper answers.
8:05pm LBC: A meeting between Hariri and Aoun will be held in the coming hours.
8:00pm Israeli army held the Lebanese government responsible for the launching of the rocket.
7:33pm PM-designate Saad Hariri met with U.N. Special Coordinator for Lebanon Michael Williams at Center House. The two men discussed the current developments in Lebanon.
7:20pm A rocket was launched from a valley between the villages of Houla and Mays al-Jabal in South Lebanon towards Israel No casualties were reported but Israel has retaliated by shelling the launching point with 4 shells .
