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Hezbollah demands return of arms seized by Lebanese authorities

By Reuters

Hezbollah demanded the return of a truck carrying munitions seized by Lebanese authorities on Thursday and said the supplies were intended for its fighters in south Lebanon.

Earlier Thursday, Information Minister Ghazi Aridi said customs authorities had stopped a truck carrying weapons on the outskirts of Beirut and had taken it to the city's port for investigation.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/823769.html
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, Hezbollah 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 fought a war against Hezbollah, which is backed by Syria and Iran, in July and August, following the Lebanese group's capture of two Israel Defense Forces soldiers on July 12.