Lebanon charges 13 over confiscated Hezbollah explosives

Group calls charges ‘unjust’, says weapons were meant to be used against Israeli forces in south Lebanon.

Al JazeeraAl Jazeera Staff2026-10-31 09:26查看原文 ↗

Group calls charges ‘unjust’, says weapons were meant to be used against Israeli forces in south Lebanon.

People walk past a billboard with pictures of the late Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, centre, and other Hezbollah figures, displayed on Beirut airport highway, Lebanon [File: Bilal Hussein/AP Photo]

A Lebanese military court has charged 13 people it says are linked to Hezbollah with trafficking explosives , amid growing pressure on the Iran-backed group to disarm .

The individuals were charged on Friday with offences including possessing weapons, undermining state security and forming illegal associations, Lebanese state media reported.

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The charges stem from the seizure earlier this month of a truck transporting explosives at Dahr al-Baydar checkpoint, which links the capital, Beirut, to the eastern Bekaa Valley.

The vehicle had been carrying 780kg (1,720 pounds) of explosives, including 250kg (550 pounds) of TNT and 250kg (550 pounds) of C-4 plastic explosives, according to judicial officials.

Two people were arrested during the seizure, while the 11 others charged remain at large. Five have been identified only by nicknames because their real names are unknown.

Hezbollah has acknowledged owning the seized explosives, saying they were intended for use against Israel, which continues to occupy large parts of southern Lebanon. It said it had asked Lebanese authorities to return the shipment and release the two detainees, calling the charges against them “unjust”.

Those charged “did not undermine the security or integrity of the state, but rather confronted the Israeli enemy that threatens Lebanon’s existence,” said Hezbollah Member of Parliament Hussein Hajj Hassan.

Hezbollah’s political opponents fear that smuggled explosives will be turned against the group’s detractors, although investigators have not established that the seized shipment was intended for such an attack.

The case comes as pressure mounts on Hezbollah , which has fought two successive wars with Israel and faces a push from authorities in Beirut, to disarm its military wing.

In June, Lebanon and Israel signed a framework agreement which envisaged Israel’s gradual withdrawal from the areas it occupies in southern Lebanon, tied to Hezbollah’s disarmament, as well as the deployment of the Lebanese army to the south.

But Hezbollah has repeatedly rejected calls to disarm, and the group’s chief, Naim Qassem, has dismissed the Lebanon-Israel agreement as “null and void”.

Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam has promised state authorities “will deal with weapons outside the legal framework with the required firmness”.

Despite its recent framework agreement, Israel has continued carrying out attacks in southern Lebanon and systematically demolishing homes and infrastructure in dozens of villages it occupies.

该组织称指控“不公正”，并表示这些武器原本是打算用来对付驻扎在黎巴嫩南部的以色列军队的。

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黎巴嫩一家军事法庭指控 13 名据称与真主党有关联的人员贩运爆炸物，与此同时，伊朗支持的真主党面临越来越大的解除武装压力。

据黎巴嫩国家媒体报道，这些人于周五被指控犯有包括持有武器、破坏国家安全和组建非法社团在内的罪行。

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这些指控源于本月初在连接首都贝鲁特和东部贝卡谷地的达尔拜达尔检查站查获的一辆运输爆炸物的卡车。

据司法官员称，该车辆载有 780 公斤（1720 磅）炸药，其中包括 250 公斤（550 磅）TNT 和 250 公斤（550 磅）C-4 塑性炸药。

行动中两人被捕，其余11名被控嫌疑人仍在逃。其中5人仅以化名指代，因为他们的真实姓名不详。

真主党承认拥有缴获的爆炸物，并称这些爆炸物原本计划用于对付以色列，以色列目前仍占领着黎巴嫩南部的大片地区。真主党表示，已要求黎巴嫩当局归还这批货物并释放两名被拘留者，称对他们的指控“不公正”。

真主党议员侯赛因·哈吉·哈桑表示，被指控的人“并没有破坏国家安全或完整，而是对抗了威胁黎巴嫩生存的以色列敌人”。