Israeli occupation forces continued on Friday to strike villages and towns across southern Lebanon, in a repeated violation of its sovereignty and the ceasefire agreement, with artillery shelling and airstrikes reported alongside military vehicle movements, machine-gun fire, and controlled explosions.
Israeli artillery targeted Wadi Slouki, Beit Yahoun, and Mansouri, as well as Wadi Zibqin and the Sadana area on the outskirts of Habbariyeh. Shelling also struck Mais Al-Jabal, the outskirts of Zawtar Al-Sharqiyah and Mayfadoun, Wadi Saluki between Mais Al-Jabal and Shaqra, and the outskirts of Habbariyeh. Mansouri was also subjected to artillery fire.
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The attacks were accompanied by movements of Israeli military vehicles inside the town of Houla, as well as machine-gun fire directed towards the outskirts of Baraachit and Habbariyeh.
Israeli occupation forces also carried out explosions on the outskirts of Aitaroun and in the towns of Mansouri and Beit Lif.
An Israeli Merkava tank reportedly fired a shell at Byout al-Sayyad, while Israeli warplanes carried out an airstrike on Mansouri.
Kaakour: Pursuing “Israel” Is a Sovereign Right
Speaking to Al-Manar TV, MP Halima Kaakour said pursuing the Israeli occupation entity over alleged violations and war crimes is a sovereign right that Lebanon should not relinquish.
Kaakour said the Lebanese government should take a series of steps, including seeking international documentation through the UN Human Rights Council. She argued that investigations covering only the past three months were insufficient and called for documentation going back two years.
She also said she and Dr. Micheal Moussa had submitted a proposal to criminalize war crimes under Lebanese law, arguing that violations must first be formally documented and defined within domestic legislation.
Kaakour further called for Lebanon to turn to international judicial bodies, including by joining the International Criminal Court or seeking its jurisdiction. She criticized what she described as a lack of political will within the executive authorities to pursue Israel over alleged crimes.
Addressing the debate over Article 13 of the framework agreement, which she said commits the two governments not to pursue one another before international forums over war crimes, Kaakour argued that the provision had effectively deprived Lebanon of a means of pursuing justice. She said Lebanon was the party whose rights had been violated, while Israel was responsible for the alleged violations.
Kaakour said that, had there been genuine Lebanese political will, authorities would have established a documentation center, adopted domestic legislation criminalizing war crimes, and joined the International Criminal Court, including to pursue cases involving genocide or threats of genocide before the relevant international courts.
Source: Al-Manar Website