Hezbollah says Beirut’s call for group’s imminent disarmament is a ‘major mistake’

In a statement, Hezbollah dismisses an announcement yesterday from the Lebanese government seeking a plan to disarm the terror group by the end of 2025, calling it a “major mistake” that harms Lebanon’s sovereignty.

The group said in its response that it will treat the decision “as if it does not exist.”

Nonetheless, Hezbollah said it remains open to a national strategic security dialogue, to ending what it called Israeli aggression against Lebanon, and to working on rebuilding and restoring what the “enemy has destroyed.”

Yesterday, the Lebanese government convened to discuss the clause asserting the state’s monopoly on arms, which effectively means the disarmament of Hezbollah, as part of a proposal submitted by the United States. However, at the end of the session, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam announced that the discussion on the matter was postponed until tomorrow.