A man fishes on the Sour corniche on May 24, 2025. (Credit: Matthieu Karam/L'Orient-Le Jour)
There are now at least nine Lebanese civilians still detained by the Israeli army, more than six months after the start of the fragile cease-fire that ended a devastating 13-month conflict between Hezbollah and Israel, in the wake of the Gaza war.Among those kidnapped is Ali Fneish, a Lebanese fisherman abducted by Israeli soldiers off Ras Naqoura, at the southern tip of Lebanon, on June 4. On June 7, the Israeli army also kidnapped a shepherd on the outskirts of Shebaa (Hasbaya) and then took him to the Shebaa Farms, a contested territory at the border between Syria, Lebanon, and Israel south of the village. Another fisherman, Mohammad Jouhair, is also among these Lebanese civilians abducted by Israel, who has been held since February 2025. What does international law say about the abduction of civilians by a foreign army, especially in...
There are now at least nine Lebanese civilians still detained by the Israeli army, more than six months after the start of the fragile cease-fire that ended a devastating 13-month conflict between Hezbollah and Israel, in the wake of the Gaza war.Among those kidnapped is Ali Fneish, a Lebanese fisherman abducted by Israeli soldiers off Ras Naqoura, at the southern tip of Lebanon, on June 4. On June 7, the Israeli army also kidnapped a shepherd on the outskirts of Shebaa (Hasbaya) and then took him to the Shebaa Farms, a contested territory at the border between Syria, Lebanon, and Israel south of the village. Another fisherman, Mohammad Jouhair, is also among these Lebanese civilians abducted by Israel, who has been held since February 2025. What does international law say about the abduction of civilians by a foreign army, especially...