Lebanon’s gas under threat as Israel may scrap ’maritime border’

Lebanon’s gas under threat as Israel may scrap ’maritime border’

Amid a drastic increase in Israeli military operations in Lebanon by air and land, there is chatter that Israeli government officials are signalling the cancellation of the maritime border demarcation agreement reached with Lebanese authorities in October 2022. This scenario had previously been raised by Israeli officials, including its Energy Minister Eli Cohen himself, in late September 2024, when he expressed his intention to seek a loophole …