The General Secretariat of Catholic Schools in Lebanon has declared the closure of all its educational institutions this Friday, announcing it as a "day of prayer for the salvation of Lebanon."
The Lebanese Forces official was likely killed by Hezbollah © Mena Today
The General Secretariat of Catholic Schools in Lebanon has declared the closure of all its educational institutions this Friday, announcing it as a "day of prayer for the salvation of Lebanon."
This comes just six days after the murder of Pascal Sleiman, head of the Lebanese Forces (LF) office in the Jbeil district. A funeral mass is set to be held today at Saint George's Church in Jbeil, officiated by Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Raï.
The statement from the Catholic schools, which was echoed by several local media outlets, "strongly condemns the acts of murder and any violation of human dignity" as well as "the prevailing security disorder" in Lebanon, signaling a tense period following the incident.
Two days after Sleiman's disappearance, the Lebanese Army reported that he had been killed by Syrian mafiosos, a claim contested by the LF who see it as a "political assassination until proven otherwise ».
The United States has confirmed that government-level delegations from Israel and Lebanon will hold "intensive and detailed" discussions in Washington on 14 and 15 May, in what represents the most significant direct diplomatic engagement between the two countries in over four decades.
Lebanon and Israel will hold a third round of direct discussions in Washington next Thursday and Friday, a US State Department official confirmed, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday there was no "immunity" for Israel's enemies, a day after the Israeli military targeted a Hezbollah commander in its first strike on Beirut's southern suburbs since a ceasefire declared last month.
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