Overview

• Lebanon’s prime minister’s office said the first transfer from Burj al-Barajneh placed weapons in Lebanese army custody, with further deliveries expected in coming weeks.
• An Associated Press reporter saw a single pickup carrying bagged light arms, and a Fatah official told Reuters only recently introduced or “illegal” weapons were turned in, not organized faction arsenals.
• Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad did not join the move, and a statement circulated by a Hamas spokesperson cast the handover as an internal Fatah matter unrelated to broader camp weapons.
• Nabil Abu Rdeneh, spokesperson for Mahmoud Abbas, said weapons were also handed over at the al-Bass camp, and Lebanon’s Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee described additional batches to come.
• The cabinet has tasked the army to draft a year-end plan to consolidate arms under state authority under terms linked to a U.S.-backed truce with Israel, while Hezbollah has publicly rejected disarmament.