‘Era of impunity is over’: Five Hezbollah members arrested in northern Lebanon

Lebanon's Internal Security Forces (ISF) arrested five Hezbollah members in the border area between the Batroun and Bcharre highlands in northern Lebanon on Tuesday, according to Lebanese officials and media reports.The men were reportedly carrying maps and documents, some of which they allegedly attempted to destroy before being taken into custody.The five men were spotted by an ISF patrol passing through the area, which encountered them by chance, according to the Arabic-language news outlet Al-Modon. The men reportedly appeared nervous and began destroying documents, prompting the officers to arrest them and search the surrounding area.Beirut Time journalist Riad Tawk reported that the documents contained lists of locations across the Koura, Batroun, and Bsharri districts, as well as references to weapons, including sniper rifles.The ISF's Information Branch is currently questioning the five men.Following the arrests, Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said he had contacted Lebanese Interior Minister Ahmad Hajjar, Lebanese Justice Minister Adel Nassar, Prosecutor General Hajj, and ISF Director General Raed Abdallah."The era of impunity is over," Salam said in a statement from Turkey, while condemning "previously buried cases," according to L'Orient Today."The investigations that have been opened will have no other limits than those imposed by the law," he said.Hezbollah may have been planning to carry out sectarian violenceReacting to the arrests, Lebanese MP Ghassan Yazbeck noted on X/Twitter…