The Marwan Hadid Brigades, an affiliate of the Abdullah Azzam Brigades, and the Al Nusrah Front in Lebanon fired several rockets from Syria into Hermel. Al Nusrah and the Abdullah Azzam Brigades issued a joint statement crediting the Marwan Hadid Brigades for the rocket attacks, and warned of further attacks in both Syria and Lebanon unless Hezbollah withdraws from Syria and Sunni youth are freed from Lebanese prisons. Saad Hariri, the head of the Future party, said Lebanese and Sunnis do not want to be dragged into a conflict between Hezbollah and al Qaeda. Qatari officials are said to be in direct contact with the kidnappers of 13 Syrian nuns. A Palestinian suspected of membership in a terrorist group was interrogated.
