BEIRUT, Lebanon, April 12, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said on Sunday that he was working to stop the Israel-Hezbollah war and to ensure the withdrawal of Israeli forces, after Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu visited troops in south Lebanon.

"We will continue to work to stop this war, to ensure the Israeli withdrawal from all our lands, the return of all the prisoners, to rebuild our destroyed villages and towns, and the safe return of the displaced," Salam said in a speech on the eve of the anniversary of the start of the country's 1975-1990 civil war.

"We are continuing our efforts... to negotiate to stop the war," he added in the televised address ahead of planned talks on Tuesday in Washington between Lebanese, Israeli and US officials.