Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said Wednesday that Israel’s claim that destroyed southern Lebanese villages are military sites “makes no sense,” Anadolu reports.
“The justification for these bulldozing and destruction operations under the pretext of the presence of military installations is refuted by the very nature of what is being targeted,” Salam wrote on US social media company X.
“Claiming that entire villages and towns, with their homes, neighborhoods, government buildings, public facilities, places of worship and infrastructure, are ‘military installations’ is illogical and cannot justify their destruction,” he said.
Israeli army attacks in southern Lebanon “constitute a grave violation of international and humanitarian law,” he added.
Lebanon’s sovereignty, the security of its people and the right of southern residents to return and rebuild their villages are “non-negotiable,” Salam stressed.
