Overview

• Lebanon’s cabinet has endorsed a U.S.-backed roadmap to bring Hezbollah’s weapons under state control, tasking the army to present an implementation plan by year’s end.
• U.S. envoy Tom Barrack praised Beirut’s decision, while American officials cautioned that Israel is unlikely to withdraw forces before visible disarmament steps begin.
• Hezbollah’s Naim Qassem reiterated that the group will not discuss surrendering arms until Israeli troops leave five southern hilltops and airstrikes on Lebanon stop.
• Hours before Berri’s speech, Israeli jets struck targets in Nabatieh province that Israel described as Hezbollah infrastructure, with damage reported to shops and homes.
• The Lebanese army has been seizing weapons and dismantling Hezbollah infrastructure in the south, though it has not moved into the group’s strongholds in southern Beirut.