Salam says Hezbollah arms have failed to protect Lebanon
Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said Thursday that Hezbollah failed to deter Israeli attacks on Lebanon or stop the Israeli war on Gaza.
"Their weapons did not protect their leaders nor the Lebanese people and their properties, and the proof of that is the dozens of levelled villages," Salam said.
"Are these weapons currently capable of repelling the ongoing Israeli aggressions?" he sarcastically asked, adding that Lebanon's decision to disarm Hezbollah was "late".
Salam said that Lebanon is in a one-sided war of attrition and that the situation is escalating.
The government in August took the decision to disarm Hezbollah under U.S. pressure. The army was tasked with implementing the plan.
"By the end of the year, we must finish the first phase of the plan and disarm Hezbollah south of the Litani river. Meanwhile, north of the Litani, weapons should not be be used or moved. In the upcoming phases, the disarmament would extend to all of Lebanon," Salam said.
Source: Naharnet
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