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Lebanon charges 13 people over Hezbollah explosives as pressure to disarm grows

1 November 2026 · Algeria Now

Lebanon charges 13 people over Hezbollah explosives as pressure to disarm grows — Photo : images.radio-canada.ca (adresse collée)

BEIRUT — A Lebanese military court has charged 13 people linked to Hezbollah over a truckload of explosives seized earlier this month, a case that puts the state's authority over weapons in the spotlight while Israeli forces still occupy parts of the south.

The charges, filed on Friday, include possessing weapons, undermining state security and forming illegal associations, according to Lebanese state media. Judicial officials say a truck was stopped at the Dahr al-Baydar checkpoint, on the road between Beirut and the Bekaa Valley, carrying 780 kilograms of explosives, among them 250 kilograms of TNT and 250 kilograms of C-4. Two people were arrested at the scene. The other 11 defendants remain at large, and five are identified only by nicknames.

Hezbollah has acknowledged that the explosives were its own. It says they were meant for use against Israeli forces occupying parts of southern Lebanon, called the charges unjust and demanded the release of the shipment and of the two detainees. The group's political rivals fear the material could be turned against domestic critics, though investigators have not established any such intent.

The case unfolds under heavy pressure. A framework agreement reached in June links a gradual Israeli withdrawal to Hezbollah's disarmament. Hezbollah's leader, Naim Qassem, has dismissed the agreement as void, while Prime Minister Nawaf Salam has promised firm action against weapons outside state control. Israel, meanwhile, continues strikes and demolitions in the south.

For the civilian population the stakes are immediate. The United Nations said on Friday that more than 300,000 people are now displaced in Lebanon. Security Council Resolution 1701, adopted in 2006, calls for Israel's withdrawal and for the Lebanese state to hold the monopoly on arms in the south.

No Algerian statement on the case had been published at the time of writing.

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