Thread by @ordefk

Thread: 1/ Hezbollah just proved accurate #Netanyhu UN speech revealing 3 missile factories next to or under civilian homes. After speech, in effort to debunk, #Hezbollah gave tour of site. Tour video shows IT IS A MISSILE FACTORY, w/ missile production machines clearly visible.

2/ My article explains that #Hezbollah by placing missile factories next to or under civilian homes (apartment buildings here) is clearly using those civilians as human shields, which is a war crime under international law, prohibited by Geneva Convention. fdd.org/analysis/2020/…

3) In the face of such evidence, POTUS is required to impose sanctions on #Hezbollah officials by the Sanctioning the Use of Civilians as Defenseless Shields Act (Shields Act), which passed Congress unanimously and became law in 2018.

4) Also sanctionable under the Shields Act are material supporters of #Hezbollah's use of human shields, including municipal officials who knowingly provide permits for missile factories under residences, or businessmen who knowingly construct missile factories under residences.

5/ #Hezbollah's use of human shields puts civilians in danger of explosives accidents, such as those that recently decimated Beirut port & detonated Hezbollah arms depot in Lebanese village of Ain Qana. Lebanese civilians deserve better than to be put in harm's way by Hezbollah.

6/ These uses of human shields (including hiding missile factories under apartment buildings) also further strengthen the case that #EU should designate as a terrorist group #Hezbollah, thereby increasing pressure on them to stop terrorizing #Israeli and #Lebanese civilians.

7/Despite considerable prior evidence, the Trump administration has yet to impose any sanctions under the Shields Act, which became law nearly two years ago. The extremely strong evidence released this week should prompt the administration to act.