A Gulf state has expressed readiness to financially support Lebanon’s military and fund watchtowers in the south of the country as part of a ceasefire deal with Israel, a Lebanese publication wrote Saturday. Citing unnamed diplomatic sources, Nidaa al-Watan newspaper said an Arab Gulf state had expressed its willingness to finance the voluntary recruitment of 7,000 soldiers in the Lebanese army, as well as fund observation towers along Lebanon’s border with Israel. The initiative, according to Nidaa al-Watan, comes in preparation for implementing United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNS…