UN experts urge Israel to stop killing civilians returning to south Lebanon
United Nations experts are calling on Israel to respect the ceasefire agreement with Lebanon, urging Tel Aviv to immediately end housing demolitions, ensure the safety of civilians returning to their homes, and fully withdraw its military from the south of Lebanon.
“We are gravely concerned about the continuing toll on civilians in Lebanon. Within 60 days of the ceasefire coming into force, at least 57 civilians have been killed, and 260 properties have been destroyed,” the experts said in a statement.
The ceasefire agreement, which came into effect on November 27, required Israeli troops to withdraw completely from South Lebanon within 60 days.
“We are outraged that the killing of civilians and the systematic destruction of housing, agricultural land, and other critical infrastructure in South Lebanon have continued during the ceasefire agreement,” the experts said.
“Israel’s military actions have precipitated a humanitarian crisis, prolonged by attacks that prevent durable solutions to displacement. These violations of international human rights and humanitarian law must end immediately,” they added.
Yemen’s Houthis threaten US, Israel if Gaza attacked
Yemen’s Houthis will immediately take military action if the US and Israel attack Gaza, according to the group’s leader, Abdel-Malik al-Houthi.
He said in a televised speech that the Houthis would monitor the implementation of the ceasefire in Gaza and “immediately move militarily if the Americans and Israelis move, based on the tyrant Trump’s threat, to attack the Gaza Strip on Saturday or before or after it”.
“I call on the [Houthi] armed forces to be ready for military intervention if the criminal Trump carries out his threat [to displace Palestinians from Gaza],” he added.
US sanctions ICC’s top prosecutor Karim Khan
The US State Department of the Treasury has imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court’s Prosecutor Karim Khan.
The move comes after US President Donald Trump last week ordered asset freezes and travel bans on ICC officials for issuing arrest warrants targeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Ministry Yoav Gallant for alleged war crimes in Gaza.
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