Foreign Minister Youssef Rajji on Wednesday described the government’s decision on arms monopolization as “historic,” saying that Lebanon has asked U.S. envoy Tom Barrack for “an Israeli step in return.”

“We’ve gone through decades of occupation and the hegemony of movements that have nothing to do with Lebanon,” Rajji added in remarks to Al-Arabiya TV, while stressing that “there will be no turning back on the decision to monopolize arms.”

Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil warned against using force to disarm Hezbollah, saying that it is not acceptable to threaten Hezbollah while Israel has not stopped its aggressions and is still occupying five hills in south Lebanon.

Bassil said in an interview Tuesday with Saudi state-owned news channel al-Arabiya that using force against Hezbollah would lead to domestic conflicts after the government tasked the Lebanese army to submit a plan by the end of August to disarm the group.

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi has criticized remarks by Hezbollah chief Sheikh Naim Qassem as he urged the group to hand over its arms and declare its "ultimate loyalty to Lebanon".

"There can be no civil war," al-Rahi told Saudi state-owned news channel al-Arabiya Tuesday, after Qassem said last week that Hezbollah disarmament could lead to "civil war" and vowed to fight to keep the group's arsenal.

Syrian security forces in the central Homs province have seized a truck loaded with Grad-type rockets that was headed for Lebanon, Syrian state media reported on Tuesday.

Syria’s al-Ekhbaria news channel said the truck was intercepted in a well-planned ambush near the Lebanese border.

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar has told U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio that the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has failed in its mission to prevent Hezbollah's military buildup south of the Litani River, Israel Hayom newspaper said Tuesday.

In his letter to Rubio, Sa'ar called for the immediate termination of UNIFIL's operations in south Lebanon.

Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said Tuesday during a visit to Jordan that Israel will get more and more isolated in the world amid the measures it is carrying out in the West Bank and Gaza.

Jordan's Prime Minister Jaafar Hassan said during the meeting that his country supports Lebanon and backs its sovereignty, security and stability, lauding a decision by the Lebanese government to disarm Hezbollah and extend the state's authority over the entire Lebanese territory.

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea has stressed that no one is targeting the Shiite community in the current period, describing it as “an essential component of Lebanon.”

Prime Minister Nawaf Salam on Monday told visiting U.S. envoy Tom Barrack that the government’s latest decisions on Hezbollah’s disarmament “stemmed from the higher national interest.”

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Monday asked visiting U.S. envoy Tom Barrack about Israel’s commitment to the ceasefire agreement and its withdrawal from Lebanon, stressing that “this is the gateway to stability in Lebanon and an opportunity to launch reconstruction and pave the way for residents’ return to their towns, in addition to securing the requirements for supporting the Lebanese Army.”

An unnamed Israeli official on Monday responded to remarks by U.S. envoy Tom Barrack, who is visiting Lebanon, by saying that “there is no intention to keep occupying Lebanese territory.”