Lebanon tells army to prepare plan to disarm Hezbollah by end of the year

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Lebanon tells army to prepare plan to disarm Hezbollah by end of the year  Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam is under growing pressure from the US to ensure that the Iran-aligned militant group lays down its weapons.   READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/08/06/lebanon-tells-army-to-prepare-plan-to-disarm-hezbollah-by-end-of-the-year  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00Lebanon's government asked the National Army on Tuesday to prepare a plan to allow only

00:07state institutions to carry arms by the end of the year, effectively disarming the militant

00:13group Hezbollah.

00:15The move comes as Beirut is under international and US pressure to disarm the group, which

00:20has been weakened after a nearly 14-month war with Israel.

00:24Many of its political and military leaders are dead.

00:28Hezbollah's leader Naim Qassem has rejected calls to disarm and warned that Hezbollah

00:34would fight back should Israel resume military operations against it.

00:39The Iran-backed group have called for Israel to withdraw from the five hills it controls

00:44within Lebanon and pause almost daily airstrikes that have killed or wounded hundreds of people.

00:51Israel's military has said the five locations in Lebanon provide vantage points or are located

00:56across from communities in northern Israel, where about 60,000 Israelis were displaced during

01:01the war.

01:03Hezbollah maintains the deal only covers the area south of the waterway, while Israel and

01:08the US say it mandates disarmament of the group throughout Lebanon.

01:13Qassem has rejected a government vote over its weapons, saying such a decision should be made

01:18unanimously by all Lebanese people.

01:21The issue amongst the public, however, is divisive, with some groups calling for the group's disarmament.

01:25Qassem has styled down his children's

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