The Lebanese government seized a truck carrying munitions to Hezbollah fighters in the South of the country. The truck had come from the Bekaa valley and was grabbed as it tried to head out of Beirut.
And Hezbollah is pitching a fit and demanding its return.
Information Minister Ghazi Aridi said earlier on Thursday customs authorities had stopped a truck carrying weapons on the outskirts of Beirut and had taken it to the city's port for investigation.
Hezbollah said the authorities had confiscated a "truck carrying munitions to the resistance." The truck had been carrying the load from the Bekaa Valley in the east to the south, it said in a statement.
"The government program clearly confirms the right of the resistance … to work to liberate the rest of the occupied land, the prisoners and to confront the Zionist threats," the statement said, demanding the return of the truck and munitions.
Israel and Hezbollah, which is backed by Syria and Iran, fought a war in July and August following the Lebanese group's capture of two Israeli soldiers on July 12.
The war was halted by a U.N. Security Council resolution which authorized the deployment of thousands of U.N. troops to monitor the truce. The Lebanese army also deployed to the south under the resolution.
The Lebanese government is supposed to halt the flow of weapons to Hezbollah from abroad under the resolution. A U.N. envoy and anti-Syrian Lebanese leaders have accused Syria of smuggling weapons to its allies in Lebanon in recent months.
Good for the government for actually doing the right thing here. Pop quiz: Where did the arms come from? Here's a hint: they did not arrive from Oz on the wings of a whirlwind:
Any real questions about how helpful the Assad regime wants to be about securing peace in the area?
