Lebanon says army will begin implementing Hezbollah disarmament plan, but details of proposal kept secret

The Lebanese military will begin implementing its plan to disarm the Iran-backed Hezbollah terror group, information minister Paul Morcos says, following a government session discussing the matter.

“The Lebanese army will begin implementing the [Hezbollah disarmament] plan, but in accordance with the available capabilities, which are limited in terms of logistics, material and human resources,” Morcos says when speaking to journalists after the session.

The cabinet decided to keep the details of the army’s plan “secret,” according to a statement read by Morcos.

The Iran-backed group and its allies object to the disarmament plan and all five Shi’ite ministers walked out of the cabinet session as soon as Lebanese army commander Rodolphe Haykal entered to present it earlier today.

Calls for Hezbollah’s disarmament have taken center stage in Lebanon since the terror group sustained heavy losses in a yearlong conflict with Israel. The results of that war, which ended last November, upended a power balance that had long been dominated by the Shi’ite Muslim group.

This year, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, under pressure from the United States, has pushed for the terror group to disarm. Israel has said it would withdraw from sites in Lebanon that its troops still occupy if Hezbollah lays down its weapons. But Hezbollah has rejected any move to dismantle its arsenal.