Israel accused of spraying cancer-linked herbicide on farms in southern Lebanon

President condemns environmental and health crime' as critics say Israel seeks to make southern Lebanon uninhabitable

Lebanon has accused Israel of spraying a herbicide linked to cancer on farmland in the south of the country as a health crime" that would threaten food security and farmers' livelihoods.

The country's president, Joseph Aoun, condemned what he called an environmental and health crime" and a violation of Lebanese sovereignty, and he vowed to take all necessary legal and diplomatic measures to confront this aggression".