Lebanon: Israel Defense Forces Operations

Lord Hannay of Chiswick Excerpts

Monday 8th June 2026 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Lab)]

I think that we are making many of the points that the noble Lord outlines, directly and publicly, and noble Lords will have seen the moves we have made at the Security Council recently as well. In essence, I completely agree with the noble Lord, and the people of Lebanon themselves are the ones who have really borne the brunt of having to suffer living alongside Hezbollah for so long.

[Lord Hannay of Chiswick (CB)]

Can the Minister tell us what, if any, explanation the Government have had of the killing of a general officer of the Lebanese armed forces, another officer and a soldier by the Israel Defense Forces? Presumably, that does not come in the category of strengthening the Lebanese armed forces.

[Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Lab)]

It is difficult to see how that and the suffering of civilians and the deaths of civilians could ever be described in that way.