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Netanyahu tells ministers he has US support for another operation in Lebanon

08 January 2026 04:47 (UTC +04:00)

Israel has gained the United States’ support for another military operation in Lebanon, APA reports citing Kan radio station.

According to the radio station, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the country’s government members that US President Donald Trump had greenlighted such an operation that would be geared to disarm Hezbollah units.

A high-ranking Israeli security official told Kan that the United States has been informed that if Hezbollah refuses to disarm, Israel will do it itself, even if it would entail further combat operations in northern Israel and days of fighting.

Under the plan for disarming illegal armed groups in Lebanon that was endorsed by the country’s cabinet on September 5, 2025, all armed groups, including Hezbollah, are supposed to surrender arms to the authorities in Beirut’s southern suburbs, the Beqaa Valley, and Mount Lebanon during the third and fourth stages.