BEIRUT — Shiite members of Lebanon’s Cabinet walked out of a government meeting on Thursday in protest of a proposed plan to disarm the Hezbollah militant group and political organization.

The rest of the Cabinet then voted in favor of the U.S.-backed plan to disarm the group and implement a ceasefire with Israel.

Tensions have been rising in Lebanon amid increased domestic and international pressure for Hezbollah to give up its remaining arsenal after a bruising war with Israel that ended last November with a U.S.-brokered ceasefire. Hezbollah itself has doubled down on its refusal to disarm.

The four ministers who walked out before the vote included members of Hezbollah’s parliamentary bloc and the allied Amal party, as well as independent Shiite parliamentarian Fadi Makki.

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