{"id":68571,"date":"2026-05-29T10:38:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T10:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jnewslebanon.com\/?p=68571"},"modified":"2026-05-29T10:38:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T10:38:26","slug":"behind-the-scenes-joumblatts-silent-reproach-and-locked-phones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jnewslebanon.com\/?p=68571","title":{"rendered":"Behind the scenes- Joumblatt\u2019s Silent Reproach and &#8220;Locked Phones&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6 id=\"\"><\/h6>\n<h6 id=\"\"><\/h6>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: left;\" style=\"text-align: left;\" id=\"exclusive-jnews-lebano\">Exclusive JNews Lebano<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Highly informed political sources revealed to our platform that the recent statement by the former leader of the Progressive Socialist Party, Walid Joumblatt, regarding his inability to communicate with Hezbollah\u2019s new leadership, came after a &#8220;reproachful phone call attempt&#8221; behind the scenes following the sudden airstrike in Shuweifat\u2014a strategic area adjacent to Mount Lebanon. The sources confirmed that phones on Hezbollah&#8217;s side were virtually locked, and the response was conveyed through secondary channels, stating that the current field decision is entirely tied to the &#8220;Joint Operations Room&#8221; with no room for local compromises.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Read also <a href=\"https:\/\/jnewslebanon.com\/?p=68457\">Behind the scenes \u2013 The Suspicious Silence<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jnewslebanon.com\/?p=68567\">To read this article in Arabic (Click Here)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exclusive JNews Lebano &nbsp; Highly informed political sources revealed to our platform that the recent statement by the former leader of the Progressive Socialist Party, Walid Joumblatt, regarding his inability to communicate with Hezbollah\u2019s new leadership, came after a &#8220;reproachful phone call attempt&#8221; behind the scenes following the sudden airstrike in Shuweifat\u2014a strategic area adjacent<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6038,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAow0Jy2DA:productID":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9412],"tags":[9648,9739,9663,9740,9741,9724,9738],"class_list":["post-68571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-latest-news","tag-beirut-politics","tag-hezbollah-new-leadership","tag-jnews-exclusive","tag-joint-operations-room","tag-lebanon-secret-files","tag-shuweifat-strike","tag-walid-joumblatt"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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