UK minister urges Israel to withdraw from southern Lebanon to allow displaced families home

Britain's international development minister Jenny Chapman has called for Israel to withdraw from southern Lebanon to allow displaced families to safely return to their homes.

Britain's ​international development minister ​Jenny Chapman ‌called on ​Thursday for Israel to withdraw from ‌southern Lebanon so that families displaced by three months of war ‌could return to their homes.

"Israel ‌should withdraw from southern Lebanon, absolutely. Displacement we know anywhere in ⁠the ​world ⁠causes huge disruption," she told Reuters while ⁠visiting a school where displaced families ​were sheltering. "That is why we ⁠want to get the conditions right so ⁠that ​people can return home and be secure, be safe ⁠and be confident they can ⁠stay ⁠in their homes for the long term."