Lebanon condemns 'systematic' Israeli destruction in south

Lebanon condemns 'systematic' Israeli destruction in south Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam on Wednesday condemned Israel's "systematic destruction" in the country's south as a violation of international law, as Israel's defence minister said its military was "destroying all the houses" there. Salam said Israeli "attacks, incursions, demolitions and the systematic destruction of homes", infrastructure, government buildings and places of worship "represent a serious violation of the principles and rules of international law and international humanitarian law". He also added that villages and towns "are entirely 'military facilities' does not stand up to any logic and cannot be used as an excuse for destroying them, displacing their inhabitants and preventing them from returning". A photograph taken from the southern Lebanese village of Chaqra shows an Israeli flag fluttering over the fields burnt during Israeli military attacks on the border village of Mais al-Jabal, on 11 August 2026 (AFP)