Hezbollah has recently accelerated the pace of its reconstruction efforts at a time when the Lebanese government has adopted a decision to disarm the terrorist organization, Western intelligence officials told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday.
"Hezbollah is rebuilding faster than the Lebanese army is dismantling," the officials told the Post.
According to those officials, Hezbollah has managed to rearm itself - including with rockets - recruit new fighters into its ranks, and restore sites and bases belonging to the organization.
Most of Hezbollah’s reconstruction efforts are taking place north of the Litani River, rather than in the area south of the river up to the Israeli border - a zone that, under the ceasefire agreement reached about a year ago, is supposed to be free of Hezbollah personnel and weapons.
A few weeks ago, the Lebanese government presented an action plan to disarm Hezbollah. Israel even agreed to scale back its military activity inside Lebanon, including the withdrawal from five outposts, on the condition that the Lebanese army take genuine action against the terrorist group.
Lebanese army showing motivation, willingness to operate against Hezbollah
The Lebanese army has indeed begun operating against Hezbollah. It has shown motivation and willingness to act, Israeli and foreign sources told the Post - but, as they noted, “the road to complete disarmament is still long.”
On Tuesday, US President Trump’s envoy, Tom Barrack, warned in a post on X/Twitter that if Lebanon fails to disarm Hezbollah, Israel is likely to launch an attack against the Shiite organization.
“If Beirut continues to hesitate, Israel may act unilaterally - and the consequences would be severe,” Barrack cautioned in a lengthy post. “If Beirut fails to act, Hezbollah’s military wing will inevitably face a major confrontation with Israel - at a time when Israel is at the height of its strength and Iran-backed Hezbollah is at its weakest.”
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