One month after the Lebanese government announced its decision to begin disarming Hezbollah, officials in both Israel and the United States are observing the first signs of Lebanese enforcement against the terror group.
Roughly ten days ago, the ceasefire implementation committee convened in Ras el-Nakoura.
A source familiar with the discussions told The Jerusalem Post that while Lebanon’s military is still in the early stages of the operation, “yes, they are taking steps to dismantle the organization’s weapons.
For now, the Lebanese army has avoided addressing Hezbollah’s most serious violations, choosing instead to focus on smaller breaches of the ceasefire. Still, observers consider even this limited activity to be a positive signal of progress.
According to figures obtained by the Post, since the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah came into effect, the IDF has reported 1,555 violations to the monitoring committee.
Of these, the Lebanese army has responded to about one-third. Notably, the army independently identified and dealt with 415 Hezbollah violations.
Israel has acted unilaterally on occasion
In some cases - 726 incidents - Israel had already taken action on its own before filing reports with the committee. In several of those instances, the Lebanese army later intervened as well