The media department of the Lebanese Forces issued a statement calling for the immediate implementation of government decisions on the exclusive possession of weapons by the state, and rejecting the reopening of dialogue on matters it said were settled within constitutional institutions. The statement considered that keeping Lebanon a "arena" for axes weakens the state's authority and prolongs the suffering of the Lebanese.
MTV Lebanon focused on the accusation directed at a "political team" and on specifying the dates of the relevant government decisions, while Al-Diyar highlighted the formulation "Lebanon will not return to being an arena for axes" and "implementation not discussion", whereas annahar.com presented the statement as a "priority that cannot be delayed" along with the warning against keeping Lebanon hostage to calculations of axes.