BEIRUT - The Lebanese army has confiscated arms belonging to the Shia militant group Hezbollah in accordance with a UN truce resolution, Lebanese Defense Minister Elias Murr said for the first time on Tuesday.Asked about unconfirmed media reports about the confiscation of an unspecified number of Hezbollah arms, Murr said: “There were reports in the media about the confiscation of weapons, these reports were true.”
It was the first Lebanese official confirmation of a confiscation of Hezbollah weapons. However, Murr declined to give details about how many weapons had been confiscated and was vague when describing the army’s role in disarming the guerrillas. “We are carrying out our duties and our role as we should. It is natural and it is our duty to confiscate all the weapons,” he told reporters.