The Lebanese Presidency of the Council of Ministers denied social media reports that Prime Minister Nawaf Salam issued an order to deport two people suspected of links to Israel's Mossad. Its media office said security agencies arrested the two on suspicion after they used a phone number with the international code (+972), and that the investigation showed they are Palestinian nationals residing in Ramallah, stressing that Salam did not intervene and that security agencies and the judiciary handled the file independently.
lebanon debate's coverage focused on denying Salam's intervention and on the independence of the security agencies and the judiciary; Lebanon ON confined itself to denying the deportation order and describing the circulating reports as aimed at misleading public opinion; tayyar.org highlighted the phrase "a moral bankruptcy added to the political bankruptcy" and included details on the detainees' nationality, place of residence and the international code used.