Are Hezbollah's weapons moving to the Lebanese state — taken by the army, set on a cabinet timetable or conceded by Hezbollah's leadership?

Movement observed

Evidence, no observable met. On 30 October the government commissioner to the Military Court charged 13 people over the Dahr al-Baidar explosives, two in custody and eleven in absentia (state news agency, via Naharnet); MTV named two as Hezbollah security officials. A judicial charge is not a cabinet timetable, phase, army report or reversal, no army takeover of Hezbollah weapons was reported, and no named Hezbollah official accepted a transfer.

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Movement observed

Evidence, no observable met. A judge ordered two Hezbollah officials to appear over the Dahr al-Baidar explosives on 20 October (AFP); no appearance was reported by 24 October. On 22 October the cabinet postponed referring the case to the Judicial Council until the investigations are completed (Naharnet). Neither is a timetable, a new phase, an army progress report or a reversal, and no named Hezbollah official accepted a transfer.

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Movement observed

Evidence against transfer, no observable met. On 15 October Hezbollah MP Hassan Fadlallah said the Dahr al-Baidar cargo belongs "to the resistance" and demanded its return, a restatement of the refusal rather than a change of stance. No army takeover of Hezbollah weapons and no cabinet step was found. A 17 October judicial raid on a Dahieh depot (medicines, single-source) is context only.

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