In a post of X, Salam wrote: "Whilst we welcomed the agreement between Iran and the United States, and stepped up our efforts to reach a ceasefire agreement in Lebanon, Israel continues to escalate its attacks, which have targeted densely populated residential neighbourhoods and claimed the lives of unarmed civilians across Lebanon, particularly in the capital, Beirut, showing no regard for regional and international efforts to end the war, let alone the principles of international law and international humanitarian law, which it has never respected in the first place."

Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, commenting on the Israeli airstrikes that targeted Beirut, its southern suburbs, and large areas of Lebanon on Wednesday, described them as a "full-fledged war crime and a blatant violation of all international laws, norms, and conventions."

"Faced with the continued aggression of the Israeli killing and destruction machine in its war of extermination against Lebanon, the most heinous aspect of which was the brutal air assault targeting Beirut, its southern suburbs, large areas of the Bekaa Valley and Mount Lebanon, Sidon, and several villages in southern Lebanon, resulting in the martyrdom and injury of hundreds of civilians, including dozens of children, women, and elderly people, in densely populated neighborhoods and buildings, this constitutes a full-fledged war crime."

Berri added, "Today's crime, coinciding with the ceasefire agreement declared in the region—an agreement that Israel and its political and security apparatus have failed to uphold—is a serious test for the international community and a blatant challenge to all international laws, norms, and conventions, which Israel violates daily through its unprecedented campaign of killing people in modern history. It is also a test for all Lebanese—political, religious, and civil leaders—to unite in the face of this bloodshed."

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