TEL AVIV, January 7. . Israel has received US support for a new military operation in Lebanon. This statement was made by state radio and television station Kan.
According to her information, Prime Minister of the Jewish State Benjamin Netanyahu told members of the Israeli government that he had received the green light from US President Donald Trump to carry out such an operation. Its goal should be to disarm the military formations of the Shiite organization Hezbollah, Kan reported.
A senior Israeli security official told Kan that the US had been informed that if Hezbollah did not disarm, Israel intended to do so on its own, even if this led to renewed fighting in northern Israel and extended days of fighting.
According to the plan to disarm illegal armed groups in Lebanon, approved by the Cabinet of Ministers of the republic on September 5, 2025, in the third and fourth stages all groups, including the Shiite Hezbollah movement, must surrender to the authorities the weapons they have in the southern suburbs of Beirut, in the Bekaa Valley and Mount Lebanon.
On December 20, Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam announced that his government was ready to move to the second phase of its plan to disarm paramilitaries, which would cover the area north of the Litani River. At the same time, the head of the cabinet pointed out the need for international support for the Lebanese army so that the Lebanese army can fully complete its assigned mission. In response, on December 27, Hezbollah Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem announced that his organization refused to discuss the issue of disarming its army until Israeli troops withdrew from Lebanese territory.
