The Day the Cabinet Banned Hezbollah's Military Activities

Early morning coverage focused on Hezbollah's official adoption of rocket attacks on Israel and Israeli retaliatory strikes targeting Beirut's southern suburbs and southern Lebanon, with initial casualty reports of 31 dead and 149 wounded. By late morning, editorial priority shifted to the cabinet's emergency meeting and decision to declare Hezbollah's security and military activities illegal, demanding the group hand over its weapons to the state. The afternoon saw continued coverage of Israeli airstrikes on Hezbollah targets, including the Qard al-Hasan building in Mashghara, alongside Hezbollah MP Mohammad Raad's criticism of the government ban as unjust. Evening reports focused on the government's assertion that war and peace decisions belong exclusively to the state, requiring Hezbollah to disarm, while also covering Hezbollah's drone attacks on British bases in Cyprus.