The Times of Israel reports: “Lebanon will come up with a plan on August 31 to convince Hezbollah to disarm, US Special Envoy for Syria and Lebanon Thomas Barrack said on Tuesday.

Israel will give a counterproposal when it receives Lebanon’s plan, Barrack said after meeting with the Lebanese president in Beirut.

Barrack said the plan Lebanon was preparing would not necessarily involve military action to persuade Hezbollah to give up its weapons.

‘The Lebanese army and the government are not talking about going to war. They are talking about how to convince Hezbollah to give up those arms,’ he said…”