# 'Stalemate' in Lebanon: Hezbollah justifies weapons, citing Israeli occupation and ongoing attacks

https://mins.news/en/video/63169

- France 24 English, 2026-09-17 18:44 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEJ5BHId7bY

> Dr Filippo Dionigi of the University of Bristol says the main barrier to Hezbollah disarming is not only the Lebanese state's military capacity, but the lack of a political settlement that could make disarmament legitimate and lasting. More funding and weapons for the Lebanese Armed Forces would not address that fundamental problem.

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