Lebanon could be on the brink of an internet blackout, the government has warned, as Israel’s brutal assault destroys vital telecommunications infrastructure and leaves hundreds of transmission towers out of service. Caretaker Telecommunications Minister Johnny Corm warned that Lebanon could be plunged into an internet blackout as the ariel assault on southern Lebanon, Beirut’s southern suburbs, and the eastern Beqaa region intensifies after Israel launched its ground invasion in October. To deal with this, Corm said the government was in talks with two European companies to establish an alter…