Lebanon’s government announces it will disarm the group before the end of the year, which Hezbollah says it will ignore.

Prime Minister Nawaf Salam’s cabinet has publicly committed to disarming Hezbollah, in a move that threatens explosive consequences for Lebanon.

The United States has presented Lebanon with a proposal for disarming Hezbollah by the end of the year, along with ending Israel's military operations in the country and the withdrawal of its troops from five positions in south Lebanon,