Lebanon’s government, led by Prime Minister Nawaf Salam and President Joseph Aoun, has advanced plans to place all weapons under state control by year-end, directing the Lebanese Army to implement phased disarmament starting south of the Litani River, where officials report roughly 80 percent of Hezbollah stockpiles have been addressed. Hezbollah and allied Amal ministers walked out of an October 10 cabinet session protesting a U.S.-backed proposal, rejecting any timeline as a sovereignty violation and insisting arms remain necessary amid ongoing Israeli airstrikes and occupation points. Israeli officials assess Hezbollah as heavily degraded yet rebuilding with Iranian support and warn that time is limited before further action, while U.S. and EU envoys, including Kaja Kallas, tie reconstruction aid and stability to exclusive state authority over arms. Negotiations remain deadlocked over sequencing of Israeli withdrawal versus Hezbollah disarmament, with a planned Rome round postponed and an upcoming Netanyahu-Trump meeting viewed as potentially pivotal for enforcement or escalation within the coming months.