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The mission will advise and assist the Lebanese armed forces and internal security forces to strengthen territorial control and border security," said EU High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy Kaja Kallas. Kallas recently stated that more than ten EU member states are ready to provide resources and personnel for this mission. #Libanon #EuropskaUnija #EUSM (translated)

Jari Mäkäräinen criticized Sanna Ukkola's writing about the Prime Minister's meeting with Imam Sharmarke Said Aw-Mussen. According to Mäkäräinen, Ukkola regarded the meeting as ordinary work and believed that the imam, who was born in Turku, was being asked impossible questions regarding Sharia. Mäkäräinen argued that asking the imam was not a misunderstanding: in his view, the imam left open whether Sharia would be applied in Finland in family or criminal law matters. Mäkäräinen wrote that, according to him, freedom of religion did not justify the establishment of a parallel legal system alongside Finnish laws. He claimed that in Muslim-majority countries, freedom of religion, women's equality, and individual rights were not realized in liberal democracies due to Islamic doctrine and Sharia. He cited Lebanon as an example, where he believed the growth of the Muslim population and political organization undermined previous balance and led to civil war. In France, Sweden, Belgium, and Britain, he mentioned the visibility of parallel societies, honor-based violence, segregation of areas and schools, and pressure to accept practices related to Sharia. In Finland in the 2000s, Mäkäräinen claimed that groups with a Muslim background who had immigrated were connected to the overrepresentation of sexual offenses, unemployment, use of social security, and demands for their own rules. He believed that distinguishing criticism of Islam from calls for deportation did not make questions about Sharia suspect. According to Mäkäräinen, the primacy of the Finnish Constitution and criminal law should be clear in all matters, and Finland did not need to repeat the experiences of countries where the application of Sharia had been tried. https://t.co/bGpZ7VaTux #uskonnonvapaus #integratio #muslimit (translated)

Jan Betlach wrote that the American army studied Israeli combat medical procedures in order to increase the chances of injured soldiers' survival. According to his contribution, the share of deaths among the injured decreased from approximately 15% during the Second Lebanon War in 2006 to 7% in the Iron Sword War. Betlach stated that the Israeli army implemented doctors in every company, blood products for on-site treatment, and real-time patient data sharing. Referring to the Israeli army, he wrote that blood products have been used since 2013 and that it was the first in the world to provide plasma to the injured in the field instead of saline solution. He also mentioned rapid evacuation to hospitals, in the most severe cases by helicopter, and the availability of advanced emergency care immediately or within four minutes; in 2006, it took 15 to 20 minutes according to him. In April, according to Betlach, the American army issued a 78-page report recommending the adoption of Israeli procedures. Its authors wrote that Israel underwent a painful transformation directly in combat and that the United States can avoid it. Betlach also noted that a spokesperson for the Israeli army described the report as a result of cooperation between the two armies and stated that American officers came to gain experience. https://t.co/HFQD5mS5Rx https://t.co/CJty7LjEkh #armáda #medicína #zdravotníctví (translated)

The EU plans a comprehensive sanctions package against around 1,600 individuals and organizations that support Russian war efforts, as well as criminal measures against 77 actors involved in the illegal Duma elections in occupied Ukrainian areas, during a meeting of foreign ministers in Luxembourg. #RusslandSanktionen #EUAußenminister #LibanonStabilität (translated)

With Netanyahu, they at least know what they're getting. Daniel expects losses for Netanyahu's party in the upcoming election on October 27: dissatisfaction is high. People live in the north and suffer from rocket fire and explosions – why would they put up with that? Politicians called on people to return and rebuild the north, says Daniel. #Israel #Libanon #Sicherheitsfrage (translated)

Three years after October 7, the fear in northern Israel at the border with Lebanon remains omnipresent, while the upcoming election on October 27 is dominated by the pressing security issue, and citizens, despite dissatisfaction with Netanyahu, hesitate to change the political course. #Israel #Libanon #Sicherheitsfrage (translated)

Jan Betlach stated that on October 10, 1960, then Israeli Foreign Minister Golda Meir offered Arab states negotiations with Prime Minister David Ben Gurion in New York or elsewhere, without preconditions. According to his contribution, she proposed discussions on peace, or at least on a non-aggression pact, specifically reaching out to Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser, Jordanian King Hussein, and the Lebanese Prime Minister. Betlach added that Israel, at that time, had a width of only 15 kilometers at its narrowest point due to the 1949 armistice, and the Arab states rejected the offer. One Western European delegate reportedly told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that he hadn't heard a more reasonable proposal in a long time. Betlach wrote that Saudi representative Ahmad Shukairy used Nazi-related expressions twelve times in his subsequent reply and compared Meir to the Nazis. Five days later, according to his contribution, Nasser declared that Israel was trying to deceive world public opinion and that Egypt would never recognize the Jewish state. Shukairy later became the first chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization and drafted its charter, which, according to Betlach, rejected a Jewish state in any borders. Betlach concluded that Meir was only requesting a meeting but was rejected and made the target of comparisons to perpetrators of the murder of European Jews. #historie #BlízkýVýchod #mír (translated)

VitalSever reported that Israeli soldiers entered an extensive Hezbollah underground complex beneath the Ali al-Taher ridge in southern Lebanon after years of gathering intelligence and preparations. According to him, they found command centers, warehouses with rockets, projectiles, drones, and anti-tank weapons, as well as living quarters, kitchens, showers, generators, and a network of underground passages. He claimed that Hezbollah had built the complex over several years with Iranian support and that it was intended to support the war against Israel. He added that Israeli soldiers attempted to secure the site and clear its passages to facilitate its destruction. #IDF #Hezbollah #Vojna (translated)

A former high-ranking Syrian general responsible for Assad's chemical weapon program is receiving financial support and protection from the US and Lebanon in exchange for information, including about the missing journalist Austin Tice. #SyrischeOorlog #ChemischeWapens #AustinTice (translated)

The United States and Lebanon are reportedly providing protection and financial support to former Syrian general Bassam Hasan, wanted for crimes against humanity, in exchange for his information on the disappearance of American journalist Austin Tice. #BassámHasan #LidskáPráva #SyrskýKonflikt (translated)

American and Lebanese authorities are paying the former Syrian general and suspect of crimes against humanity, Bassam al-Hassan, to ensure his protection and living expenses in Lebanon in exchange for intelligence information. #SjedinjeneDržave #Sirija #ratniZločinaci (translated)

Sarah Maria Sander wrote that the third anniversary of October 8 feels particularly overwhelming for her. In the two previous years, she hardly had time to pause: in 2024, she spent the first anniversary in evacuated areas in the north near the border with Lebanon, while sirens wailed and rockets from Hezbollah flew overhead. In 2025, she anxiously worried every hour that a hostage might die. Now, she is overwhelmed by the space to reflect, Sander wrote. Besides the memories of the dead, the survivors, and the violence, she lamented the indifference of people on the street. She also criticized a reporting style that, in her view, did not even grant the victims the dignity they deserved for a single day, using their suffering for political agendas and moral elevation. Sander wrote that she has not found peace for three years. She thinks of the people who were killed on the Nova grounds, of children whose childhoods came to an abrupt end, of screams, and of families who perished in the fire. She also recalled the fear in the eyes of Shiri Bibas as she held her children tightly. Despite the pain, one must continue to live and find an answer anew every day as to how that is possible. #Erinnerung #Trauer #Leben (translated)

Vlastislav Bříza marked October 7, 2023, as a milestone in the modern history of the Middle East. He wrote that gunmen led by Hamas attacked Israel, killing nearly 1,200 people and abducting another 251 to Gaza. He referred to the event as the largest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust. According to Bříza, a war ensued in Gaza, Lebanon became involved in the fighting, and the conflict escalated into an open war between Israel and Iran. He added that while Israel was mourning the victims and Gaza was counting its dead, Hamas continued to celebrate October 7. He warned that this event was not yet over. #BlízkýVýchod #Izrael #Hamás (translated)

The author wrote that there has been war in the Middle East for three years. Thousands of innocent people have lost their lives, and even more are suffering from need and displacement - in Israel, Gaza, Lebanon, and the entire region. Therefore, he wishes for peace above all. #Frieden #Nahost #Krieg #IL #PS #LB (translated)