{"id":19963,"date":"2026-04-09T11:59:51","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T11:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/?p=19963"},"modified":"2026-04-09T11:59:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T11:59:52","slug":"europe-criticizes-israel-right-to-self-defense-does-not-justify-widespread-destruction-in-lebanon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/2026\/04\/09\/europe-criticizes-israel-right-to-self-defense-does-not-justify-widespread-destruction-in-lebanon\/","title":{"rendered":"Europe criticizes Israel: Right to self-defense does\u00a0 not justify widespread destruction in Lebanon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KABUL: Senior officials of the European Union have strongly criticized Israel\u2019s deadly and destructive strikes on Lebanon, saying that Israel\u2019s right to self-defense does not justify the widespread destruction caused.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kaja Kallas, the EU\u2019s foreign policy chief, said in a post on X on Thursday that the overnight Israeli attacks had claimed the lives of hundreds of people in Lebanon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kallas added that the strikes have also put pressure on the ceasefire between the United States and Iran, stressing that any agreement between Washington and Tehran should also include Lebanon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She also said that Hezbollah had drawn Lebanon into the conflict with Israel, while emphasizing the need for the group\u2019s disarmament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to reports, at least 250 people were killed in Israeli strikes on Lebanon late Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response, the Lebanese government declared a day of national mourning following the heavy casualties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, leaders of many countries have called for Lebanon to be included in the US\u2013Iran ceasefire agreement\u2014an idea that Tehran has supported from the outset.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL: Senior officials of the European Union have strongly criticized Israel\u2019s deadly and destructive strikes on Lebanon, saying that Israel\u2019s right to self-defense does not justify the widespread destruction caused. Kaja Kallas, the EU\u2019s foreign policy chief, said in a post on X on Thursday that the overnight Israeli attacks had claimed the lives of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":19964,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[73],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19963"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19963"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19963\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19965,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19963\/revisions\/19965"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}