Lebanon on Thursday announced that it has completed the first phase of its plan to disarm Hezbollah and other militant groups in the country’s south, but Israel said the progress was “far from sufficient” amid renewed concerns that the conflict could ramp back up.
The Lebanese Army said it now has operational control of Lebanese territory south of the Litani river, with the exception of five Israeli military positions inside Lebanon. The army stopped short of declaring it had fully disarmed Hezbollah and other groups south of the Litani, acknowledging that “work in the sector is still ongoing” while signaling readiness to move to the next phases of the government’s plan, “Homeland Shield”.
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