Watchdog Faults Israel for Indiscriminate Attacks on Lebanese Civilians - News From Antiwar.com
- Two unlawful Israeli strikes in the Lebanese town of Younine killed 33 civilians, including 15 children, according to Human Rights Watch.
- One strike on September 25 killed 23 members of a Syrian family, while another on November 1 killed 10 individuals, including 2 children.
- Human Rights Watch indicated that these attacks did not distinguish between civilians and military targets, raising concerns for war crimes and demanding an international investigation into these violations.
- Human Rights Watch states that more than 4,000 people have been killed and over one million displaced due to Israeli attacks in Lebanon from October 2023 to December 2024.
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Human Rights Watch: Israel Used US Weapon in Likely War Crime in Lebanon
Israeli forces used at least one U.S.-provided weapon in a series of strikes that killed dozens of civilians in northeastern Lebanon last year, in attacks that were likely in violation of international law and should be investigated as war crimes, Human Rights Watch says in a new report. The group investigated several Israeli strikes between September 25 and November 21, 2024 in Younine… Source
Israel Is Using U.S. Bombs in Lebanon to Commit Alleged War Crimes
Funeral arrangements for Mohammad Zaydan, Wissam Zaydan, Mona Al Shaker in a local graveyard (photo by Tarek Turkey)Mohammad Haidar, 21, says his parents, Fatima Fekiyeh and Abbas Haidar, spent twenty years trying to have a child before he was born. Five years later, they had his sister, Hasnah, who completed their small family. They lived in southern Lebanon, in a house near the village of Seksekiyeh. Fatima and Abbas marked forty years of marr…
Lebanon: Indiscriminate Israeli Attacks on Civilians must be Investigated as War Crimes (HRW)
Human Rights Watch – (Beirut) – Two unlawful Israeli strikes on the northeastern Lebanese town of Younine between September and November 2024, which killed 33 civilians, 15 of them children, were apparent indiscriminate attacks on civilians, Human Rights Watch said today. At least one of the attacks used an air-dropped bomb equipped with a United States-produced Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) guidance kit. The attacks should be investigated…
HRW accuses Israel of indiscriminate attacks on civilians
BEIRUT: Human Rights Watch accused Israel on Wednesday of “indiscriminate” attacks on civilians during its recent war with Hezbollah, saying two deadly strikes in east Lebanon should be investigated as war crimes. A Nov 27 ceasefire sought to end more than a year of hostilities between the two sides that began with Iran-backed Hezbollah’s cross-border fire at Israel in support of its Palestinian ally Hamas. More than 4,000 people were killed in …
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