Lebanon will present plan to disarm Hezbollah on Sunday, US envoy says

Lebanon will present its plan to persuade Hezbollah to disarm on Sunday, US envoy Thomas Barrack said Tuesday.

Speaking after meeting with President Joseph Aoun in Beirut, he added that Israel is expected to submit a corresponding framework for its military withdrawal.

Barrack stressed that the Lebanese proposal would not rely on military coercion but on measures to encourage Hezbollah to surrender its weapons.

On Monday, Israel signaled it would scale back its military presence in southern Lebanon if Beirut moved to disarm the group. However, Israeli strikes on Lebanon have continued in the weeks since the cabinet approved the plan.