Hezbollah Is Weak Enough for Lebanon to Finally Disarm It

Hezbollah Is Weak Enough for Lebanon to Finally Disarm It

The government and army are taking back their own country.

Fire and tear gas smoke rise among a crowd in Beirut. August 26, 2025, 3:20 PM Comment icon View Comments ( )

On Saturday, Aug. 9, the Lebanese army announced that six Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) soldiers had been killed in southern Lebanon while they were dismantling a Hezbollah weapons depot in the Tyre region.

The Lebanese army said that an investigation is underway to determine the cause of the incident. The specifics aren’t known, but the root of the problem is clear: Hezbollah’s illegal arsenal, estimated by some reports to still include tens of thousands of rockets in south Lebanon.

On Saturday, Aug. 9, the Lebanese army announced that six L