{"id":219255,"date":"2026-07-23T05:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T05:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/219255\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T05:00:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T05:00:11","slug":"lebanese-army-in-south-lebanon-salam-visits-zawtar-after-deployment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/219255\/","title":{"rendered":"Lebanese Army in South Lebanon: Salam Visits Zawtar After Deployment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.islamtimes.com\/en\/news\/1294290\/lebanese-army-in-south-lebanon-salam-visits-zawtar-after-deployment\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/n01294290-b.jpg\" alt=\"Lebanese Army in South Lebanon: Salam Visits Zawtar After Deployment\" title=\"Lebanese Army in South Lebanon: Salam Visits Zawtar After Deployment\" class=\"img-responsive\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>            Islam Times &#8211; The Lebanese Army has completed its deployment in Zawtar al-Gharbiya, southern Lebanon\u2019s Nabatieh district, while carrying out engineering surveys to prepare for residents\u2019 return after the withdrawal of &#8220;Israeli&#8221; occupation forces [IOF] from the town.The deployment follows the framework of &#8220;pilot zones&#8221; agreed upon during negotiations in Washington, and comes after the IOF withdrawal from Zawtar al-Gharbiya. The army is carrying out engineering assessments to prepare for the return of residents.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam visited Zawtar al-Gharbiya alongside the army deployment, raising the Lebanese flag and saying the move marked the start of the &#8220;Israeli&#8221; withdrawal and the return of life to southern Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p>Salam further stressed that the Lebanese government would continue political and diplomatic efforts to secure a complete &#8220;Israeli&#8221; withdrawal from Lebanese territory, while pledging state support for residents returning to the area.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, he said preparations had begun to restore essential services, including water, electricity, and communications, while also working to provide prefabricated housing and other necessities for the transitional period.<\/p>\n<p>During the visit, Salam was accompanied by senior Lebanese officials, including Defense Minister Michel Mansi, Army Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Hassan Aoude, and other security and development officials.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, the Lebanese Army said the IOF opened fire near its units during deployment in Zawtar al-Gharbiya, risking soldiers and hindering the mission. The army confirmed it had not entered Zawtar al-Sharqiya, while reports said IOF were obstructing measures to facilitate residents\u2019 return.<\/p>\n<p>At the political level, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said Hezbollah\u2019s disarmament could happen if the &#8220;Israeli&#8221; occupation ends and the Lebanese Army assumes full control over the country. He stressed the need for one state and one army.<\/p>\n<p>For his part, US President Donald Trump, for his part, said while receiving Aoun that &#8220;Israel continues to carry out its withdrawal from southern Lebanon through the redeployment of its forces,&#8221; claiming that the agreement reached with Lebanon &#8220;has achieved positive results.&#8221;&#13;\n  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Islam Times &#8211; The Lebanese Army has completed its deployment in Zawtar al-Gharbiya, southern Lebanon\u2019s Nabatieh district, while&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":219256,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[32],"tags":[15547,8849,4109,1725,31349,63269,3757,15551,9195,623,5396,618,63270,3888,595,598,2412,7223,5401,93,5397,7227,13359,591,5420,63271,19793,1647,28656,2878,1039,23956,596,599,603,5406,54907,27819,25861,63268],"class_list":["post-219255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lebanon","tag-iof","tag-after","tag-al","tag-army","tag-carrying","tag-completed","tag-deployment","tag-district","tag-engineering","tag-for","tag-forces","tag-from","tag-gharbiya","tag-has","tag-in","tag-islam","tag-israeli","tag-its","tag-lebanese","tag-lebanon","tag-lebanons","tag-nabatieh","tag-occupation","tag-of","tag-out","tag-prepare","tag-residents","tag-return","tag-salam","tag-south","tag-southern","tag-surveys","tag-the","tag-times","tag-to","tag-town","tag-visits","tag-while","tag-withdrawal","tag-zawtar"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116967533959400482","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219255\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/219256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}