Hezbollah's weapons: Lebanese forces unyielding despite pushback

"Hezbollah is doing Israel the greatest service," said Lebanese Forces (LF) MP Ghassan Hasbani in a radio interview Saturday. He went further, claiming that if the Lebanese Army fails to disarm Hezbollah, "this mission will be entrusted to Israel in southern Lebanon and to the Syrian army at the eastern border." On Wednesday, Foreign Minister Joe Rajji, also aligned with the LF, took aim at Hezbollah, saying the group was "evading the cease-fire agreement [concluded in November with Israel]," in his remarks before the Maronite League.These statements — which have sparked accusations of "justifying" Israeli strikes on Lebanon — reflect the increasingly hardline rhetoric coming from Meerab (headquarters of LF) against Hezbollah. The Lebanese Forces has long made disarming Hezbollah one of its key objectives. However, this escalation...