Overview

• Officials said the first batch of weapons from Burj al-Barajneh was delivered to the Lebanese army, launching a phased effort to remove arms from refugee camps.
• Fatah figures described the transfer as limited to illicit or newly introduced weapons, with organized faction arsenals and personal light arms excluded.
• Hamas cast the step as an internal Fatah move and offered no commitment to participate, while Palestinian Islamic Jihad did not confirm any role.
• Beirut linked the move to a May Aoun–Abbas understanding and a U.S.-backed truce that restricts weapons to state forces, as the cabinet tasks the army with a year-end plan for a state arms monopoly.
• Journalists documented fighters and army vehicles at the Beirut camp, and Abbas’s office said weapons were also handed over at al-Bass in the south.