According to The Cradle's media correspondent Roqayah Chamseddine, citing local residents, forcibly displaced residents from the southern Lebanese village of Zawtar al-Gharbiya have faced continuous obstacles in returning to their homes, exposing a major gap between official government PR and realities on the ground.

Chamseddine reports that the situation in Zawtar differs sharply with high-profile government optics when Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam visited the village to personally plant the national flag in the town square, heralding the deployment of the military as a triumphant step toward restoring state sovereignty and welcoming citizens back.

Despite assurances that forcibly displaced citizens would be allowed to return under the state's trilateral framework agreement with the US and Israel, Chamseddine reports that the Lebanese Army initially imposed strict curfews and security protocols, and has since moved to deny residents the ability to return to the area at all.

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