The UN refugee head claims that Israeli strikes on Lebanon violated humanitarian law.

Regarding Israel’s bombardment of vast portions of Lebanon, UN refugee director Filippo Grandi stated that numerous strikes on the country had violated international humanitarian law.

It sounds like you’re referencing a statement addressing violations of international humanitarian law (IHL) related to air strikes. These violations can have severe consequences, including civilian casualties and damage to essential infrastructure, which further complicates humanitarian efforts

Grandi was in Lebanon at a time when the country is trying to deal with the over 1.2 million people that have been forced to flee their homes due to heavy Israeli shelling.

He claimed to have been told “about egregious violations of IHL in respect of health facilities in particular that have been impacted in various locations of Lebanon” by the World Health Organization.

Since September 23, Israel has attacked locations in Lebanon with huge airstrikes, claiming they are Hezbollah targets. As a result, over 1,200 people have died and 3,400 have been injured.

On October 1, Tel Aviv also began a ground assault in southern Lebanon.

Following a Hamas attack last year, Tel Aviv launched a savage offensive on Gaza that has killed about 41,900 people, predominantly women and children. The military campaign was an intensification of the year-long battle between Israel and Hezbollah.

Lebanese authorities report that since then, there have been at least 2,036 fatalities, over 9,500 injuries, and 1.2 million displaced persons.

The world community has issued a warning, stating that an increase in Israeli attacks in Lebanon may turn the Gaza crisis into a larger regional confrontation.

Grandi called on all relevant parties to “stop this carnage that is happening both in Gaza and in Lebanon today” as well as those involved in the fighting.

Approximately 220,000 people have crossed the border between Lebanon and Syria as a result of the war, of which 70% are Syrians and 30% are Lebanese, according to Grandi, who noted that these figures were conservative.

He called Israel’s Friday shelling of the key Syrian border crossing at Masnaa “a huge obstacle” to the continuation of those migration movements.

When the Syrian civil war broke out in 2011, many of the Syrians who were fleeing to Lebanon did so in search of safety from fighting and security crackdowns.