Human Rights Watch has raised serious concerns over a call by the Israeli military for the immediate evacuation of civilians from areas south of the Litani River.

The order affects hundreds of thousands of people in southern Lebanon and warns that anyone moving south could be putting their lives at risk. Rights groups say such sweeping evacuation calls could violate international humanitarian law, particularly if they result in forced displacement or fail to account for vulnerable civilians such as the elderly, the sick, and people with disabilities.

For more on this,  Lama Fakih, Global Program Director at Human Rights Watch, speaking to us from Beirut.