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Lebanon accuses Israel of deliberately destroying homes and civilian infrastructure in the south, warning the actions amount to a serious violation of international and humanitarian law. #AWANIinternational

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00:00Lebanon's government has accused Israel of deliberately destroying homes and civilian infrastructure in the south,
00:06as a ceasefire between the two sides grows increasingly fragile.
00:11Prime Minister Nawaf Salam says Israel's systematic destruction in the south represents a serious violation of international and humanitarian law.
00:21The Lebanese army said Israeli forces blew up a school, clinic, nursery and several homes in the town of Zawta
00:28al-Shaqiyah.
00:29It said the attacks are preventing residents from returning home and obstructing the army's deployment in the south.
00:35Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz vowed not to withdraw from occupied areas and threatened to destroy underground infrastructure and homes
00:43there.
00:44The developments come despite a framework agreement reached by Lebanon, Israel and the United States in June.
00:50Under the agreement, Israel would withdraw from parts of southern Lebanon while the Lebanese army would take over security.
00:56However, Israel has continued to carry out strikes in the south.
01:00More than 4,300 people have been killed and around one million displaced since March.
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