On February 1,Israel attacked Lebanon with chemical weapons. The Agriculture and Environment Ministries announced the toxic chemical was very high concentration of glyphosate.
“The concentration insomesamples ranges between twenty and thirty times the normally accepted levels,” they specified in a statement.
President Joseph Aouncondemned the attack by Israeli planes, calling it “a flagrant violation of Lebanese sovereignty, as well as an environmental and health crime against the Lebanese people and their land.”
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Videos of the planes delivering the chemical attack appeared on TV and social media, while residents witnessed the attacks and alerted authorities. Areas hit were Aita al-Shaab, Ramieh and Marwanieh, also known as Bint Jbeil.
Environment Minister Tamara Elzeinrequested that the Lebanese Army collect samples for analysis, and described this spraying as “a flagrant violation of national sovereignty, under the eyes of the international community,” and as an “extremely dangerous hostile act that threatens food security, exposes natural resources to serious damage, and harms the livelihoods of farmers.”
The Lebanese government sent a complaint to the UN, and human rights groups and various NGOs associated with health and environmental issues have condemned the chemical attack.
One resident asked, “When the Assad regime used chemicals on people in Douma, Trump responded with a military strike. Will Trump strike Israel?”
The US holds all countries to account, except in the case of Israel, which violates all international laws and norms with complete impunity.
Source: Global Research
