President Joseph Aoun welcomes Army Chief Rodolph Haykal in Baabda on Oct. 30, 2025. (Credit: @LBpresidency/X)
During Thursday’s Cabinet meeting, Army Chief Rodolph Haykal presented the army’s monthly report on the implementation of the plan to disarm Hezbollah, which ministers had requested in August and approved in September.He outlined the progress made in the first phase of the plan, which calls for dismantling Hezbollah’s arsenal south of the Litani River, as well as a containment policy for the rest of the country. He also reported on the obstacles hindering the army’s work, particularly the ongoing Israeli strikes, overflights, and incursions in southern Lebanon. Up to that point in Haykal’s presentation, nothing was out of the ordinary.However, Haykal then surprised ministers by suggesting that the army could suspend its plan should Israeli attacks — which were particularly violent on Thursday — continue. It was a risky move, to say the...
During Thursday’s Cabinet meeting, Army Chief Rodolph Haykal presented the army’s monthly report on the implementation of the plan to disarm Hezbollah, which ministers had requested in August and approved in September.He outlined the progress made in the first phase of the plan, which calls for dismantling Hezbollah’s arsenal south of the Litani River, as well as a containment policy for the rest of the country. He also reported on the obstacles hindering the army’s work, particularly the ongoing Israeli strikes, overflights, and incursions in southern Lebanon. Up to that point in Haykal’s presentation, nothing was out of the ordinary.However, Haykal then surprised ministers by suggesting that the army could suspend its plan should Israeli attacks — which were particularly violent on Thursday — continue. It was a risky...
