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This is Beirut has learned that senior commanders from Centcom (the United States Central Command) will be working with the Lebanese Army and providing assistance to help the LAF disarm Hezbollah.

This assistance comes within the framework of the ceasefire agreement between Lebanon and Israel, announced on Tuesday and put into effect at dawn on Wednesday. The agreement refers to “steps to which Israel and Lebanon are committed in order to implement fully United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701, recognizing that the 1701 also calls for full implementation of its predecessor UNSC resolutions, including “disarmament of all armed groups in Lebanon” so that the only forces authorized to carry arms in Lebanon will be the Lebanese armed forces, Internal Security Forces, Directorate of General Security, General Directorate of State Security, Lebanese Customs and municipal police.