Lebanon’s Prime Minister, Nawaf Salam, declared that a ban on the military activities of the Hizbullah group will be implemented and that efforts will be made to disarm them, following an attack by the movement against Israel that triggered an air offensive against Lebanon. «Due to their actions, we will proceed to halt all military and security operations of Hizbullah, considering them illegal. We will demand that they hand over their weapons to the Lebanese government and limit their political activity to what is stipulated in the Constitution,» the leader stated at a press conference. Salam rejected the attack carried out by the Shia group against military facilities in northern Israel, arguing that it was a reaction to the assassination of Iranian Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, and to the Israeli bombings in Lebanon despite the ceasefire of 2024. In this context, the Prime Minister also argued that the responsibility for decisions related to «war and peace» lies with the Lebanese state, while urging Lebanon’s allied nations to cooperate to put an end to Israeli attacks. Israel responded to the offensive carried out by Hizbullah with bombings in southern Lebanon, the eastern Bekaa Valley, and the southern suburbs of Beirut.