Lebanese leaders pledge state's return to the south during Nabatieh visit

Prime Minister Nawaf Salam toured the south with a ministerial delegation while officials pledged the state's return to full authority over the region.

• Interior Minister Ahmad al-Hajjar said the state will return to all of southern Lebanon's territory.
• The delegation visited security and government buildings and launched rebuilding of a civil defense facility destroyed in an Israeli airstrike.
• Prime Minister Nawaf Salam called for mobilizing support to ensure Israel's withdrawal from southern Lebanon without waiting for regional settlements.
• Salam said the scale of the crisis in the region exceeds the Lebanese state's capacity.