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SvennoJ on 28 March 2025
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All groups in Lebanon must surrender their weapons: Lebanese MP

Lebanese Member of Parliament Najar Aoun Saliba has told Al Jazeera that all parties must respect the 1701 UN resolution, which states that no group must hold weapons in Lebanon other than the state.

“We call on the militias present in Lebanon to respect the UN resolution so that the government can continue pushing diplomatic efforts” to have Israel withdraw from southern Lebanon, Saliba said.

“As long as these weapons are outside the control of the national security forces, this is going to weaken the government.”

While Hezbollah must relinquish its arsenal, Saliba said it cannot be forced to quit politics. “It’s up to the people to decide on this, as they were elected in the 2022 election as a political party and have the right to continue exercising their political role,” she said.

“We have paid our dues for serving other governments and it’s now time to rally around the government, the prime minister and the president,” she added.

When Hezbollah attacks, Israel must respond in Iran: Ex-PM

Naftali Bennett, the former Israeli prime minister, said on X, “When Hezbollah, a terror arm of Iran, fires at Israel, Israel must respond in Tehran.”

He added, “Every Iranian octopus arm that fires at Israel, Israel must exact a price from the head of the octopus – Iran.”


Israel claims it hit storage facility of unmanned drones in Beirut

Israel made forced evacuation warnings for the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital earlier today. Then three smaller missiles hit the building it highlighted on the map followed by another massive strike.

According to the Israeli military, the target was a military storage facility of unmanned drones. The army said it will continue to respond to what it says a grave violation of the ceasefire by Hezbollah.

Since the ceasefire Hezbollah was reached in November of last year, Israel has imposed the truce with fire, according to Israeli officials and army. In essence, what Israel has dictated a formula in which – with American support – it can strike any target it deemed necessary within the territory of Lebanon.



Translation: The moment the threatened building was targeted in Beirut


No casualties reported so far as residents flee Beirut’s southern suburbs

There have been several ambulances around the area of the Israeli strike in the southern Beirut suburbs, but for the moment, there are no reports of casualties.

I’m seeing cars packed with children and families trying to get away from the area. People are just heading to open spaces without knowing where to go. If there is another strike, they’ll start planning on renting houses outside, but for the moment, no one knows if there will be other hits.