U.S. envoy Morgan Ortagus is expected to arrive in Beirut on Monday for discussions with Lebanese officials about disarming Hezbollah, sources familiar with the visit said, as fears grow in Lebanon over a potential renewed Israeli air campaign against the group.

Those worries have been driven by days of intensifying Israeli strikes on Lebanon’s south and east that have killed more than a dozen people, most of them Hezbollah members, according to Lebanese security sources.

Lebanon fears the bombing shows Israel intends to ramp up its air campaign, despite a November 2024 ceasefire that was intended to end a year-long war between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Ortagus To Review Disarmament

Ortagus, the White House’s deputy Middle East envoy, is expected to attend a meeti

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