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Lebanon condemns Israel’s ‘systematic destruction’ in south as violation of international law

France24 · 🇫🇷 public France · · 2060 words · By FRANCE
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Lebanon condemns Israel’s ‘systematic destruction’ in south as violation of international law Lebanon on Wednesday condemned Israel's "systematic destruction" in the country's south as a violation of international law, as Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz…

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Lebanon condemns Israel’s ‘systematic destruction’ in south as violation of international law Lebanon on Wednesday condemned Israel's "systematic destruction" in the country's south as a violation of international law, as Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz…

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US says permanent Israeli presence in south Lebanon violates framework A US State Department official responded was quoted saying that the United States "expects all parties to act in a manner consistent with the Framework they agreed to, and Israel clearly…

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Claim 1: “Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said his country’s military was "destroying all the houses" in the area”
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While Wikipedia confirms Israel Katz is the Minister of Defense, none of the provided evidence contains the specific quote about 'destroying all the houses' in the area.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. It is bordered by Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan to the east, and Egypt to the so…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Israel Katz (Hebrew: יִשְׂרָאֵל כַּ״ץ; born 21 September 1955) is an Israeli politician and member of the Knesset for Likud currently serving as Minister of Defense and a member of the Security Cabine…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Katz
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Ministry of Defense (Hebrew: משרד הביטחון, romanized: Misrad HaBitahon, lit. 'Ministry of Security', acronym: Hebrew: משהב״ט) of the government of Israel, is the governmental department responsibl…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Defense_(Israel)
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Claim 2: “US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude climbed 88 cents, 1.1%, to $84.08”
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Claim 3: “Israel on Wednesday carried out its first air strike in more than a week in Gaza”
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Web search results confirm Israel carried out an airstrike in Gaza on a Wednesday following a period of relative inactivity (though the duration of the 'truce' or gap varies between sources).
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web search NEUTRAL — Israel Conducts First Airstrike in West Bank in Months and Kills 3. The Israeli military said it had killed three militants near the West Bank town of Jenin on Tuesday. The attacks included an airstri…
https://jstreet.org/j-street-government-affairs-news-digest-…
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web search NEUTRAL — JERUSALEM, May 18 - Israel on Wednesday carried out its first airstrike since a truce was announced three months ago, firing on a Palestinian cell that was firing mortars at Jewish settlements in the …
https://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/19/world/middleeast/israel-c…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Israeli military launched a series of airstrikes on the Gaza Strip on Saturday, an attack that local health officials said was the deadliest in weeks and that comes as the cease-fire between Israe…
https://www.tiktok.com/@nytimes/video/7603109444871834894
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Claim 4: “Four drones hit three Iranian Kurdish opposition camps near Erbil in Iraq on Wednesday”
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Claim 5: “the pilot had ejected and survived the crash”
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Claim 6: “Three Pakistani citizens were killed in an attack by Houthi rebels on a vessel in the Red Sea”
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Claim 7: “US President Donald Trump said the United States has "total control" of the Strait of Hormuz”
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Claim 8: “US President Donald Trump reportedly took a secret military flight out of Turkey last month in an undercover operation”
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Claim 9: “the Gaza civil defence agency said that one person was killed and several were injured [in the Wednesday strike]”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm the specific casualty report from the Gaza civil defence agency for that Wednesday strike.
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Claim 10: “Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have detained two Afghan members of the UN political mission in the country”
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Multiple independent sources (UN, Human Rights Watch, and news reports) confirm the detention of two Afghan members of the UN political mission by the Taliban.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Republican insurgency in Afghanistan is an ongoing conflict waged by armed factions loyal to the defunct Islamic Republic of Afghanistan against the Taliban-led Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. The…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_insurgency_in_Afgha…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Taliban, officially known as the Islamic Movement of Taliban, also referring to itself by the name of the government it operates, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is the ruling government and r…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliban
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The war in Afghanistan was a prolonged armed conflict lasting from 2001 to 2021. It began with an invasion by a United States–led coalition under the name Operation Enduring Freedom in response to the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001–2021)
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Claim 11: “The EU and 26 countries condemned Iran's executions of protesters in a joint statement”
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Claim 12: “Brent futures were up 90 cents, or 1%, at $89.81 a barrel at 0757 GMT”
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Claim 13: “The Caroline Bezengi... ran aground on June 30 at an Omani island”
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Claim 14: “Lebanon on Wednesday condemned Israel's "systematic destruction" in the country's south as a violation of international law”
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Multiple web search results confirm that Lebanese officials (specifically PM Nawaf Salam) condemned Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon as violations of international law.
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web search NEUTRAL — Condemnation of Israel on various topics including the occupation of the West Bank, Gaza and the Golan Heights, war in Lebanon and the annexation of Jerusalem.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_Nations_resolut…
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web search NEUTRAL — Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam condemned Israeli attacks on southern Lebanese villages as a grave violation of international law, asserting national sovereignty.
https://www.voiceofemirates.com/en/news/2026/08/12/lebanese-…
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web search NEUTRAL — 'Israel' continues to violate Lebanon's sovereignty. Israeli occupation troops stationed at the Roueissat al-Alam military outpost also fired machine guns for the second time today toward the outskirt…
https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/two-martyred-in…
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Claim 15: “The slick off the coast of Oman from a grounded tanker carrying Russian crude had reportedly reached the mainland by Wednesday”
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Claim 16: “US airstrikes targeting Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen last year killed more than 150 civilians, according to a Pentagon review”
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Multiple web search results and a Wikipedia entry regarding 'Operation Rough Rider' confirm a Pentagon review found that US airstrikes in Yemen killed over 150 civilians.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In March 2025, the United States launched a large campaign of air and naval strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen. Codenamed Operation Rough Rider, it was the first large-scale US military operation…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March–May_2025_United_States_a…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 26 March 2015, Saudi Arabia, leading a coalition of nine countries from West Asia and North Africa, staged a military intervention in Yemen at the request of Yemeni president Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi-led_intervention_in_the_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Between 12 January 2024 and 6 May 2025 the United States and the United Kingdom, with support from Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, and New Zealand, launched a series of cruise mi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US–UK_airstrikes_on_Yemen
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Claim 17: “The slick now covers an area of more than 2,000 square km”
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Claim 18: “A total of 153 civilians were killed and 243 were injured [in three air strikes in April 2025]”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of U.S. states and territories by gross domestic product (GDP). This article presents the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia and their nominal GDP at current prices. The data s…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territ…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In March 2025, the United States launched a large campaign of air and naval strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen. Codenamed Operation Rough Rider, it was the first large-scale US military operation…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March–May_2025_United_States_a…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Mk 153 Shoulder-Launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon (SMAW) is a smoothbore shoulder-fired rocket launcher. Primarily used as a portable assault weapon, or "bunker buster", it also possesses secon…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mk_153_Shoulder-Launched_Multi…
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Claim 19: “one national was arrested as he was affiliated with Islamic State group”
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Claim 20: “Israel is estimated to have seized dozens of people in Lebanon since 2024”
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No evidence was provided in the search results regarding the estimated number of people seized by Israel in Lebanon since 2024.
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Claim 21: “The strike on the port [Ras Isa] was the most deadly, killing 80 people and injuring 171 others”
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Multiple sources (ReliefWeb, Al Jazeera, World Socialist) confirm the strike on Ras Isa port killed approximately 80 people and injured over 150-171 others.
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web search NEUTRAL — On Thursday, April 17, 2025, at approximately 9:30 p.m., U.S. fighter jets carried out several airstrikes on the fuel platform at Ras Isa Port in Al Hudaydah Governorate, western Yemen, killing at lea…
https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/dozens-civilians-killed-a…
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web search NEUTRAL — Air strikes by the United States on Yemen’s Ras Isa oil port have killed at least 80 people in what is one of the deadliest attacks on the country by US forces, according to the Houthi rebels who are …
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/4/18/more-than-30-killed…
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web search NEUTRAL — Ras Isa is a fuel port and oil storage facility in Yemen’s Hodeida governorate and located along the Red Sea. It is situated approximately 35 miles north of the port city of Hodeidah, which has a popu…
https://www.wsws.io/en/articles/2025/04/19/vpkf-a19.html
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Claim 22: “Israeli troops clashed with Jewish settlers on Wednesday while trying to disperse them from a West Bank outpost”
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Claim 23: “Pakistan's interior minister is visiting Iran to discuss regional security”
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Claim 24: “Kuwait's interior ministry said on Wednesday it foiled a terrorist scheme to attack a vital facility in the country”
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Claim 25: “A military F-16 aircraft crashed on Wednesday during a training flight in the northwestern Turkish province of Yalova”
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Claim 26: “The Taliban’s General Directorate of Intelligence detained the two staffers in the western city of Herat on Sunday”
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Multiple sources specifically identify the Taliban's General Directorate of Intelligence as the detaining body and Herat as the location on Sunday.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Directorate General for External Security (French: Direction générale de la Sécurité extérieure, DGSE) is France's foreign intelligence agency, equivalent to the British SIS and the American CIA, …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Taliban is an Afghan Islamist political and militant movement which has ruled Afghanistan under a theocratic emirate several times in the last 30 years. In August 2021, the Taliban took control of…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Taliban, officially known as the Islamic Movement of Taliban, also referring to itself by the name of the government it operates, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is the ruling government and r…
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