Amnesty Urges Investigating Israeli Attacks on Lebanon as ‘War Crimes’
Amnesty said its review of three strikes found 24 civilians killed, including 12 children, and said Israel failed to distinguish military targets.
- Amnesty International accused Israel on Thursday of "wiping out families" in its strikes on Lebanon during its war with Hezbollah, calling for investigation into three March air strikes as potential "war crimes".
- Hezbollah's March 2 rocket launch into Israel triggered a major air and ground invasion, resulting in a conflict that has killed more than 4,300 people, including over 250 children according to Lebanese authorities.
- Amnesty investigated three strikes on civilian homes in Tyre, Saida, and Nabatieh districts in March, finding 24 people killed, including 12 children, with no evidence of military objectives present at the time.
- Kristine Beckerle, Amnesty's Deputy Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, urged states to impose an immediate arms embargo, while Israeli authorities stated they "reviewed the allegations" and referred some for examination.
- Amnesty warned that persistent impunity risks normalizing serious international humanitarian law violations, while Israel continues to carry out intermittent, deadly strikes despite recent ceasefire efforts in June.
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The organization calls for investigations into three March attacks that killed 24 civilians
The deputy regional director of the NGO for the Middle East and North Africa, Kristine Beckerle, also urged the international community to "impose a comprehensive arms embargo" and bring those responsible to justice.
Amnesty International accuses Israel of violating international law and "eradicate families" in Lebanon. These are the arguments in the report.
Amnist a International accuses Israel today of killing families with their attacks in L bano and asked to investigate them as cr menes of war.
Three Israeli strikes that targeted southern Lebanon in March, killing about 20 people, are likely to constitute "war crimes" and must be "investigated", Amnesty International said on Thursday.
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