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Senators press US military on Israel's displacement campaign in Lebanon ...
In letter to CENTCOM commander, 12 Democrats raise questions about possible US role in Israel’s ‘mass evacuation zones’.Democrats in the United States Senate have raised questions about the US military’s potential role in establishing vast “evacuation zones” in Lebanon, Gaza and Iran.In a letter addressed to Brad Cooper, head of the US military’s Central Command (CENTCOM), 12 legislators said mass displacement orders “likely contravene international laws the United States has helped develop around humane warfare”.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Israel’s attacks and pressure sowing seeds for division in tense Lebanonlist 2 of 3Israeli soldier seen desecrating Virgin Mary statue in south Lebanonlist 3 of 3US pushing Israeli de-escalation ahead of new talks: Lebanese officialend of listThe letter – sent on Monday and made public on Thursday – largely focused on Israel’s conduct in Lebanon, where the Israeli military is systematically turning border towns that it has depopulated into rubble.“The declaration of military evacuation zones has been used to permanently displace people and destroy homes and towns – acts that are in violation of international law,” the legislators wrote.“Furthermore, no declaration of evacuation zones or ‘kill zones’ absolves Israeli and US forces from the absolute legal responsibility to determine that each individual person or civilian facility targeted by drones, jets, and gunfire is, in fact, a military target.”Signatories to the letter include prominent progressives such as Peter Welch, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Chris Van Hollen.Chris Coons, a centrist and staunch Israel supporter, also signed.The Senate push underscores the growing international criticism over Israel’s conduct in Lebanon, including in the US, where the country once enjoyed unquestioning bipartisan support.Throughout its genocidal war on Gaza, Israel used displacement orders to depopulate large areas of the territory, and then blew up nearly every structure in the evacuated area.Critics have said the tactic amounts to ethnic cleansing.Israeli officials have publicly admitted that they aim to re-create the same model in South Lebanon, creating a desolate, uninhabitable no-man’s land that would serve as a buffer zone that would not require permanent military occupation.Even after the ceasefire between Hezbollah and Lebanon started last month, Israel declared a so-called “green zone” of dozens of Lebanese towns, where it has proceeded to de...
Democratic Senators Press US Military on Israel's Evacuation Zones ...
Published May 7, 2026, 9:18 AM EDT The letter underlines how the Democratic Party — both its leaders and the base — has grown increasingly critical of Israel. Follow By Bassem Mroue Published May 7, 2026, 9:18 AM EDT FILE - Displaced people fleeing Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon sit in traffic at a highway that links to Beirut, in the southern port city of Sidon, Monday, March 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari, File) Originally published by Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A dozen U.S. Democratic Senators have called for the U.S. Central Command to answer questions about American coordination with Israel in declaring broad “ evacuation zones ” in Lebanon and Iran, alleging that the practice may violate international law. The letter underlines how the Democratic Party — both its leaders and the base — has grown increasingly critical of Israel. Since the beginning of the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran and the latest Israel-Hezbollah war in Lebanon, the Israeli military has regularly issued maps covering large areas of territory along with warnings telling all residents of the zones to flee. Israel had previously used a similar approach in Gaza. The senators said the sweeping warnings have “been used to permanently displace people and destroy homes and towns” and that some civilians who refused to leave their homes in the areas have been killed by subsequent strikes. The 12 senators led by Vermont Sen. Peter Welch, in a letter dated May. 4 to CENTCOM chief Adm. Brad Cooper that was provided to The Associated Press, state that Israel’s practice of unilaterally declaring mass evacuation warnings in Lebanon and Iran “likely contravene international laws the United States has helped develop around humane warfare.” The other signatories include senators Bernie Sanders of Vermont, Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Sen. Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin. The letter asked the CENTCOM chief whether U.S. forces have coordinated military targets with Israeli forces during the recent war with Iran, whether they provided assistance or intelligence helping Israel’s military to impose the evacuation zones in Lebanon and Iran, and whether CENTCOM signed off on U.S. military support for the targeting of people or infrastructure in the evacuation zones. It also asked whether the U.S. military has reviewed the legality of the practice. The Israeli military declined to comment when asked about the letter. CENTCOM did not immediately respond to a request for comment. In t...
Lebanon under pressure from Israeli military orders
Tel Aviv, Israel - In a move that shatters fragile hopes for stability, the Israeli military today issued new forced displacement orders targeting a series of towns and villages deep in southern Lebanon. These orders perpetuate the ongoing policy of forced displacement.
Middle East: Fighting and displacement in Lebanon; call for 'sustained ...
Lebanon's fragile ceasefire is being tested by renewed violence and rising humanitarian needs amid continuing civilians displacement, services under pressure and aid cuts.
