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STORY: OHCHR / LEBANON ISRAEL AIRSTRIKES REAX
TRT: 01:28
SOURCE: OHCHR
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/NATS
DATELINE: 8 APRIL 2026, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
1. Various shots, exterior, Palais Wilson, UN Human Rights headquarters, Geneva
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Thameen Al-Kheetan, UN Human Rights Spokesperson (OHCHR):
“UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk says the scale of the killing and destruction in Lebanon today is nothing short of horrific. Such carnage, hours after agreeing to a ceasefire with Iran, defies belief. It places enormous pressure on a fragile peace, which is so desperately needed by civilians. Mass casualties have been reported, and hospitals overwhelmed. A UN Human Rights team at the site of one of the strikes in the capital described a scene of devastation, and seeing several dead bodies amid the rubble. International humanitarian law spells out clearly that civilians and civilian infrastructure must be protected. There must be prompt and independent investigations into all alleged violations, and those responsible brought to justice. Efforts to bring peace to the wider region will remain incomplete as long as the Lebanese people are living under continuing fire, forcibly displaced, and in fear of further attacks.”
3. Various shots, exterior, Palais Wilson, UN Human Rights headquarters, Geneva
UN Human Rights chief Volker Türk said that the scale of the killing and destruction in Lebanon today (8 Apr) is “nothing short of horrific,” adding that “such carnage, hours after agreeing to a ceasefire with Iran, defies belief. It places enormous pressure on a fragile peace, which is so desperately needed by civilians,” a UN human rights spokesperson said.
UN Human Rights Spokesperson Thameen Al-Kheetan made the following remarks on the impact the latest of Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon.
He said, “mass casualties have been reported, and hospitals overwhelmed. A UN Human Rights team at the site of one of the strikes in the capital described a scene of devastation, and seeing several dead bodies amid the rubble.”
Al-Kheetan reiterated, “International humanitarian law spells out clearly that civilians and civilian infrastructure must be protected.”
He said, “there must be prompt and independent investigations into all alleged violations, and those responsible brought to justice.”
“Efforts to bring peace to the wider region will remain incomplete as long as the Lebanese people are living under continuing fire, forcibly displaced, and in fear of further attacks,” Al-Kheetan said.
