Overview
- UN human rights experts, in a statement Wednesday, called Israel’s recent bombing in Lebanon illegal and not self‑defence and urged all states to stop transferring arms to Israel.
- Alongside the call to halt weapons flows, the experts urged Israel to end military operations in Lebanon as strikes continued in the south, where Lebanese state media reported at least 16 deaths, including four paramedics.
- Lebanese authorities said the April 8 wave of Israeli attacks killed more than 350 people, including children, marking the most intense bombardment since the cross‑border fighting escalated last month.
- Israel’s prime minister has said Lebanon was not part of the U.S.–Iran ceasefire, and Reuters reported Israel’s security cabinet planned to meet Wednesday to discuss a possible Lebanon ceasefire as Lebanese officials described parallel efforts.
- The experts said mass displacement and the destruction of homes in southern Lebanon indicate grave abuses under international law, a finding that could spur investigations and make some governments reconsider arms shipments.