The Israeli military said the building in #Yaroun was part of a compound that #Hezbollah militants had used in the past to fire rockets toward #Israel, & it released photographs of an intact building at the site.

Adib Ajaka, a #Christian community leader in Yaroun, told AP that the photos posted in the Israel statement were of another building next to the #convent that housed a clinic & archbishopric, & that the #IDF had bulldozed the convent.

#Lebanon #war #Netanyahu #WarCrimes #law

The Council of #Melkite Greek #Catholic Bishops in #Lebanon urged the Lebanese government & the #UN to protect the property of #civilians & #religious institutions, citing in particular the village of #Yaroun where officials said #Israel destroyed a Melkite #convent earlier this month among other demolition. The bishops called the destruction of buildings, after residents of the area had evacuated, a “deep wound in the national & human conscience.”

#war #Netanyahu #WarCrimes #RulesOfWar #law