Israel using ‘Gaza playbook’ in Lebanon, destroying water infrastructure: Report

Israel’s military blueprint of attacking water infrastructure, used throughout its genocide in the Gaza Strip, is now being rolled out across parts of Lebanon, Oxfam said Tuesday. The charity found in its analysis that Israeli forces are destroying water and sanitation infrastructure, including strikes near sites that were being rehabilitated after having been destroyed or damaged in the last war. Noting that the Geneva Conventions prohibit attacks on water installations and other objects that are critical for people to survive, it highlighted that using deprivation of water as a method of warfare is outlawed. “Any intentional deprivation of water or obstruction of aid may constitute a war crime,” said Oxfam. It noted that in a span of four days in […]