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Lebanon's explosives truck case: talk of a settlement and hesitation over referral to the Judicial Council

This story concerns the explosives truck seized by the Internal Security Forces while being transported from the Bekaa toward Beirut, amid demands to refer the case to the Judicial Council. On 27 October 2026, Rabih al-Haber said a settlement had been reached in the file and that referral to the Judicial Council had been held back for fear of repercussions on civil peace, accusing Hezbollah of blocking the referral through two silent ministers in the government and positions from outside it. At the same time, an article by Janoubia linked the file to responsibility for decisions that drew Lebanon into confrontation with Israel.

📍 Where things stand: The explosives truck case remains without referral to the Judicial Council, amid talk of a settlement and hesitation for fear of repercussions on civil peace, and differing accounts of who blocked the referral.

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27 Oct 2026, 21:16 In remarks to RED TV, Rabih al-Haber said a settlement had been reached in the explosives truck file, and that referral to the Judicial Council had been held back for fear it would have repercussions on civil peace in Lebanon.
27 Oct 2026, 21:37 In an interview with RED TV, Rabih al-Haber said Hezbollah was able to prevent referral of the truck case to the Judicial Council through two silent ministers inside the government and positions from outside it.
27 Oct 2026, 21:53 Janoubia published an article addressing the explosives shipment seized by the Internal Security Forces while being transported from the Bekaa toward Beirut, pointing to Hezbollah's ownership of it and its allocation to the war in the south, and to demands to refer the file to the Judicial Council. The article linked the case to responsibility for the decisions that drew Lebanon into confrontation with Israel in October 2023 and again in March 2026 after Hezbollah fired rockets following the killing of Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

Timeline written by AI from the sources below; updated as new reports arrive.

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