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Lebanon is required to start disarming Hezbollah in parts of Lebanon under the deal, before continuing to the entire country as per a previous agreement.

"Some of the bodies are hard to reach, but others they can return now and, for some reason, they are not. Perhaps it has do with their disarming," he said.

Negotiators are preparing to dig into the much more contentious issues of the next phase of the deal, which includes disarming Hamas and setting up alternative institutions to administer and provide security for Gaza.

Sauer argues that a 2024 Supreme Court ruling made clear that the nation has a tradition of temporarily disarming people deemed to be dangerous.

They include the governance of postwar Gaza, disarming Hamas and security arrangements under an Arab-led force.