EU warns Israel’s strikes in Lebanon exceed self-defence limits

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas said Israel’s strikes in Lebanon cause excessive damage and raise questions about their compliance with the right to self-defence.

Writing on X, Kallas highlighted that the scale of the attacks, which have claimed hundreds of lives, challenges their justification as self-defence. She emphasised, however, that Hezbollah previously drew Lebanon into the conflict.

Hezbollah dragged Lebanon into the war, but Israel’s right to defend itself does not justify inflicting such massive destruction.

Israeli strikes killed hundreds last night, making it hard to argue that such heavy-handed actions fall within self-defence.

Israeli actions are…

— Kaja Kallas (@kajakallas) April 9, 2026

The diplomat also noted that Israel’s actions increase pressure on the US-Iran ceasefire framework, which she believes should also apply to Lebanon. 

“Hezbollah must disarm. The EU supports Lebanon’s efforts to disarm Hezbollah,” Kallas wrote.

By Jeyhun Aghazada