In first, Lebanon government bans Hezbollah’s military activities - AL-MONITOR: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012
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In first, Lebanon government bans Hezbollah’s military activities - AL-MONITOR: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012
Summary:
- Lebanon’s cabinet, after Hezbollah’s rocket launches toward Israel and subsequent Israeli airstrikes, issued an immediate ban on Hezbollah’s military and security activities, insisting Hezbollah surrender its weapons and limit its role to politics within Lebanon’s legal framework.
- The move comes amid ongoing Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon and Beirut’s southern suburbs, with Hezbollah claiming the attacks were in response to regional tensions and recent US-Is
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