Lebanese President Joseph Aoun condemned home demolitions by Israel in southern Lebanon during a meeting with UN rights chief Volker Turk on Monday, as Prime Minister Nawaf Salam reaffirmed his government’s support for collecting evidence of war crimes and violations of international humanitarian law, Anadolu reports. “Israel’s continued destruction of homes and bulldozing of villages in the south constitutes a direct violation of human rights and a clear breach of international laws and norms, which necessitates international action to end it,” Aoun said during the meeting in Beirut, as cited by a presidency statement. “Israel also targeted religious and heritage sites, and this shows premeditated intentions against people and stones, especially since such places are not military sites and do [...]
