{"id":523870,"date":"2026-07-03T20:33:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T20:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/523870\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T20:33:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T20:33:07","slug":"lebanon-israel-deal-betrays-victims-of-war-crimes-rights-groups-say-israel-attacks-lebanon-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/523870\/","title":{"rendered":"Lebanon-Israel deal betrays \u2018victims of war crimes\u2019, rights groups say | Israel attacks Lebanon News"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Israel-Lebanon framework agreement<\/a> \u201cthreatens to betray the victims of war crimes\u201d in Lebanon, according to six prominent human rights and media freedom organisations.<\/p>\n

In a joint statement<\/a> released on Friday by Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the Lebanese Center for Human Rights (CLDH), Legal Agenda, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the Union of Journalists in Lebanon, they warned that parts of the agreement \u201cappear to be aimed at preventing victims of serious international crimes from seeking justice before international forums\u201d.<\/p>\n

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The organisations pointed out that clauses 3 and 13 of the agreement, brokered by and signed in the United States on June 26, were particularly concerning as they would \u201cprevent Lebanon and Israel from having recourse to international courts, including the International Criminal Court and the International Court of Justice\u201d.<\/p>\n

The six organisations warned that \u201cClause 3<\/a> further violates international law and the prohibition of forced displacement, conditioning the return of residents to specified zones along the border, currently occupied by Israel, to the \u2018successful disarmament of non-state armed groups and dismantlement of their infrastructure\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnder international humanitarian law, people must be allowed to return once hostilities have ended or the reasons for their displacement cease to exist,\u201d their joint statement said.<\/p>\n

The organisations said that Clause 13<\/a> was particularly concerning as it prevents civilians from \u201cactions in international political or legal fora [forums]\u201d. This comes after \u201cmonths of hostilities resulting in immense civilian harm, including as a result of war crimes, violations of international humanitarian law, and gross human rights abuses\u201d.<\/p>\n

Many in Lebanon have protested and criticised<\/a> the government for signing the agreement with Israel.<\/p>\n

Many critics of the framework deal<\/a>, which does not force the Israeli army to withdraw from the areas it occupies, are people most impacted by the war, which has killed at least 4,300 people, injured over 12,000 and forced hundreds of thousands from their homes since early March.<\/p>\n

The six organisations said the US-brokered agreement appears to \u201ccontradict the countries\u2019 international legal obligations to pursue accountability for serious international crimes committed on their territories,\u201d although it \u201cdoes not appear to commit Israel to halt any initiatives in international forums against Hezbollah\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cVictims of war crimes and other violations deserve justice,\u201d said Agnes Callamard, Secretary General of Amnesty International. \u201cAny agreement that fails to center their rights to justice, accountability and reparations will falter underneath the very impunity it builds.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ghida Frangieh, head of litigation at Legal Agenda, added: \u201cAccountability and respect for international law are not bargaining chips. They are legal obligations. International law is clear: States cannot waive or negotiate away their obligation to investigate and prosecute the most serious crimes of concern to the international community as a whole. Nor can states extinguish individual rights to truth, justice and reparation\u201d.<\/p>\n

But Lebanon\u2019s President said on Friday that the framework deal with Israel \u201cdoes not legitimise the continued Israeli occupation of Lebanon\u201d, but instead empowers the Lebanese army to extend its authority across the country\u2019s territory.<\/p>\n

Joseph Aoun made the remarks during a meeting with a delegation from the Association of Lebanese Universities, the Lebanese Order of Physicians and the Lebanese Maronite Order, according to a statement from the presidency.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur sovereign decision to separate our track from the Iranian-US track is a problem for some who have become accustomed to being under guardianship that controls us, decides for us and negotiates on our behalf,\u201d Aoun said, adding that the Lebanese army will \u201cfully assume its responsibilities in achieving security and stability in the south after the withdrawal of Israeli forces\u201d.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, with a \u201cceasefire\u201d in Lebanon agreed on June 21 as part of a deal between Iran and the US, and the Israel-Lebanon framework agreement signed five days later, many displaced Lebanese have been returning to their homes in southern Lebanon.<\/p>\n

In a report on Thursday, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said 646,107 IDPs (internally displaced persons) have begun returning to their communities, while about 500,000 others remain displaced, based on data collected with local authorities since June 22.<\/p>\n

Lebanese authorities said they were working to remove informal encampments in and around capital Beirut and to reduce the number of official shelters.<\/p>\n

However, many people in southern Lebanon said they have nowhere to return to<\/a>, as dozens of towns and villages near the border have been destroyed by Israeli forces.<\/p>\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said the military \u201cwill not leave\u201d southern Lebanon as long as Hezbollah remains a \u201cthreat\u201d. Hezbollah has rejected the deal with Israel as \u201cnull and void\u201d, saying any attempt to link an Israeli withdrawal to its disarmament crossed \u201call red lines\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Israel-Lebanon framework agreement \u201cthreatens to betray the victims of war crimes\u201d in Lebanon, according to six prominent…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":523871,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1155,85,46,48084,88,47,43,162198],"class_list":["post-523870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-human-rights","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-israel-attacks-lebanon","tag-lebanon","tag-middle-east","tag-news","tag-us-israel-war-on-iran"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=523870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523870\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/523871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=523870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=523870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=523870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}