Israeli gunboats ‘kidnap’ fisherman from Lebanese waters
A Lebanese security source has told Al Jazeera that four Israeli gunboats surrounded a Lebanese fishing boat in Lebanon’s territorial waters off the coast of the southern town of Naqoura, kidnapping one of the fishermen.
Lebanese local media posted the picture of the fisherman Ali Fneish, from the southern town of Ma’roub, from his boat off Naqoura. They said he was taken to the occupied Palestinian territory.
UN appoints new head of UNIFIL
The UN has selected Major-General Diodato Abagnara to lead the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). A UNIFIL statement said Abagnara will succeed Lieutenant-General Aroldo Lazaro Saenz.
In Lebanon, although the truce between Israel and Hezbollah officially ended hostilities, sporadic cross-border attacks have continued.
Israel has regularly broken the truce and carried out air raids across southern Lebanon, also hitting neighbourhoods in Beirut’s southern suburbs, where Hezbollah retains strong support.
Human Rights Watch says US strike on Yemeni port likely a war crime
The international human rights watchdog says an April 17 US attack on Ras Issa Port in Hodeidah should be investigated as a war crime.
The group said the attack, carried out as part of a US campaign against the Houthi rebel group, resulted in dozens of civilian casualties and seriously damaged port infrastructure.
“The US government’s decision to strike Ras Issa Port, a critical entry point for aid in Yemen, while hundreds of workers were present demonstrates a callous disregard for civilians’ lives,” said Niku Jafarnia, Yemen and Bahrain researcher at Human Rights Watch.
“At a time when the majority of Yemenis don’t have adequate access to food and water, the attack’s impact on humanitarian aid could be enormous, particularly after Trump administration aid cutbacks.”
