Lebanon's Prime Minister delivered a message to Hezbollah from the soil of Tyre: "One army - no other option"
Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam visited a military base in Tyre and delivered a message to Hezbollah, stating that the south must be under the exclusive authority of the state. Salam declared that "there is no other option before us except one army, one flag, and one state," emphasizing that the army's presence in the south represents the state's presence, but the state's return to the area is not complete through military deployment alone, but through the integration of all state institutions.
Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam visited a military base in Tyre and delivered a clear message to Hezbollah, stating that the south must be under the exclusive authority of the state. In his speech to Lebanese army officers and soldiers, Salam said: "There is no other option before us except one army, one flag, and one state." He added that "we want the south, like all of Lebanon, to be under the authority of one state," emphasizing that the army's presence in the south represents the state's presence, but the state's return to the area is not complete through military deployment alone, but through the integration of all state institutions. Salam stressed that Lebanon's strength does not rely only on the amount of weapons held by the army, but also on its "unity and cohesion," and promised that the government would continue to work to mobilize Arab and international support to strengthen the army's capabilities. The message aligns with the policy promoted by his government, according to which security responsibility and decisions on war and peace should be held solely by state institutions. Salam's emphasis on "one state" takes on special significance in the Lebanese political arena, against the backdrop of the ongoing dispute over Hezbollah's weapons and its role in the south. The government seeks to present the army's deployment and the strengthening of state institutions as the basis for regulating the situation in the area and preventing a return to a broad confrontation with Israel.