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STORY: OHCHR / LEBANON ISRAEL MILITARY OPERATIONS - ARABIC
TRT: 02:02
SOURCE: OHCHR
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ARABIC / NATS
DATELINE: 15 APRIL 2025, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
1. Various shots, OHCHR office exteriors
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Thameen Al-Kheetan, Spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR):
ARABIC:
مقتطف صوتي (لغة عربية) – ثمين الخيطان، متحدث باسم مفوضية الأمم المتحدة السامية لحقوق الإنسان: "تواصل العمليات العسكرية الإسرائيلية في لبنان قتل وإصابة المدنيين، وتدمير البنى التحتية المدنية، ما يثير القلق بشأن حماية المدنيين.
فوفقاً لتقييمنا الأوّلي، قُتل ما لا يقل عن 71 مدنياً من قبل القوات الإسرائيلية في لبنان منذ دخول وقف إطلاق النار حيز التنفيذ في السابع والعشرين من تشرين الثاني/نوفمبر من العام الماضي. ومن بين الضحايا أربع عشرة امرأةً وتسعةُ أطفال. ما زال الخوف يسيطر على الناس، كما أنّ أكثر من اثنين وتسعين ألف شخص لا يزالون نازحين من منازلهم.
يجب أن يتوقف هذا العنف فوراً. وعلى جميع أطراف النزاع احترامُ القانون الدولي الإنساني، بما في ذلك مبادئ التمييز والتناسب والاحتياط. ويجب إجراء تحقيقات فورية ومستقلة ومحايدة في جميع الادعاءات المتعلقة بالانتهاكات الجسيمة للقانون الدولي الإنساني، كما تجب محاسبة من تثبت مسؤوليتهم عنها.
جميع النازحين، في كلٍّ من لبنان وإسرائيل، يجب أن يتمكنوا من العودة بأمان إلى بيوتهم. وتجب إزالة الذخائر غير المنفجرة من مخلفات الحرب في جنوب لبنان كي يتمكّن الناس من استئناف حياتهم بأمان عند العودة. نحث أيضاً جميع الأطراف على احترام الالتزامات التي تعهدت بها بموجب وقف إطلاق النار، الذي يجب أن يتحول إلى وقف دائم للأعمال العدائية. كما ندعوها إلى ضمان احترام قرار مجلس الأمن رقم 1701 بالكامل وإلى تنفيذه بحذافيره."
ENGLISH:
Israeli military operations in Lebanon continue to kill and injure civilians, and destroy civilian infrastructure, raising concerns regarding the protection of civilians.
According to our initial review, at least 71 civilians have been killed by Israeli forces in Lebanon, since the ceasefire came into effect on 27 November last year. Among the victims are 14 women and 9 children. People remain gripped with fear, and over 92,000 are still displaced from their homes.
The violence must stop immediately. All parties to the conflict must respect international humanitarian law, including the principles of distinction, proportionality and precaution. There must be prompt, independent and impartial investigations into all allegations of serious violations of international humanitarian law, and those found responsible must be held to account.
All those internally displaced, in Lebanon and in Israel, should be able to safely return home. Unexploded remnants of war in southern Lebanon should be removed to ensure people can safely resume their lives upon return. We urge all parties to respect the commitments they have made under the ceasefire – which needs to transition into a permanent cessation of hostilities – and we call on them to ensure full respect for and implementation of Security Council Resolution 1701.
Israeli military operations in Lebanon continue to kill and injure civilians, and destroy civilian infrastructure, raising concerns regarding the protection of civilians, the UN Human Rights Office warned today (Apr 15).
“According to our initial review, at least 71 civilians have been killed by Israeli forces in Lebanon, since the ceasefire came into effect on 27 November last year. Among the victims are 14 women and 9 children. People remain gripped by fear, and over 92,000 are still displaced from their homes,” said spokesperson Thameen-Al-Kheetan.
Also, since the ceasefire began, at least five rockets, two mortars and a drone have been launched from Lebanon towards the north of Israel, according to the Israeli army. Tens of thousands of Israelis are still reportedly displaced from the north.
“The violence must stop immediately. All parties to the conflict must respect international humanitarian law, including the principles of distinction, proportionality and precaution. There must be prompt, independent and impartial investigations into all allegations of serious violations of international humanitarian law, and those found responsible must be held to account,” Al-Kheetan told the UN’s biweekly press briefing in Geneva.
“All those internally displaced, in Lebanon and in Israel, should be able to safely return home. Unexploded remnants of war in southern Lebanon should be removed to ensure people can safely resume their lives upon return,” he said.
“UN High Commissioner Volker Türk urges all parties to respect the commitments they have made under the ceasefire – which needs to transition into a permanent cessation of hostilities – and to ensure full respect for and implementation of Security Council Resolution 1701,” Al-Kheetan stressed.
