09 September 2007

Israel/Lebanon: Israeli Indiscriminate Attacks Killed Most Civilians

Israel’s indiscriminate airstrikes, not Hezbollah’s shielding as claimed by Israeli officials, caused most of the approximately 900 civilian deaths in Lebanon during the July-August 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Human Rights Watch investigated more than 500 of the deaths.

Israel wrongfully acted as if all civilians had heeded its warnings to evacuate southern Lebanon when it knew they had not, disregarding its continuing legal duty to distinguish between military targets and civilians. Issuing warnings doesn’t make indiscriminate attacks lawful.
Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch

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2 comments:

Martha said...

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