Prime Minister Dr. Nawaf Salam said, “What Israel is doing in Mansouri, Zawtar al-Sharqiyah, Kfar Tebnit, and other southern villages and towns—its attacks, incursions, bulldozing operations, and systematic destruction of homes, residential neighborhoods, infrastructure, government buildings, and places of worship—constitutes a grave violation of the principles and rules of international law and international humanitarian law.”
“As for justifying the bulldozing and destruction operations under the pretext of the presence of military installations, this is refuted by the very nature of what is being targeted on the ground. To claim that entire villages and towns, with their homes, neighborhoods, government buildings, public facilities, places of worship, and infrastructure, are ‘military installations’ is an assertion that defies all logic and cannot serve as a cover for their destruction, the displacement of their inhabitants, and preventing their return.”
“The sovereignty of Lebanon, the security of its people, and the right of southerners to return to their land and rebuild their villages are not negotiable matters.”
Source: Al-Manar English Website