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Amnesty demands Israel war crimes probe in Lebanon

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Amnesty International on Thursday called for an investigation into threeIsraeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon that killed 24 civilians, including 12children, citing possible war crimes and violations of internationalhumanitarian law.

    The strikes hit residential buildings in the southern cities of Tyre andNabatiyeh, as well as the town of Irkay near Saida, between March 6 and March13.

    Kristine Beckerle, Amnesty International’s deputy regional director for theMiddle East and North Africa, said, “Within just one week, the Israeli militarywiped out entire families in Lebanon, including 12 children,” noting that therewere “reasonable grounds to believe” Israeli forces violated internationalhumanitarian law in each of the three cases.

    The report was based on interviews with 15 people, including survivors,relatives of victims, medical workers, journalists who visited the strikesites, and local officials.

    Amnesty also called on governments to impose an immediate arms embargo onIsrael and use legal mechanisms, including universal jurisdiction andextraterritorial jurisdiction, to investigate and prosecute those responsiblefor alleged violations.

    In response to questions from the organization about nine strikes inLebanon, including the three under investigation, Israeli authorities indicatedthat some of the operations targeted “military objectives belonging toHezbollah,” while other cases had been referred for review.

    Amnesty, meanwhile, stressed that Israeli authorities did not provide “anyspecific information regarding the three attacks, particularly concerning thealleged targets,” arguing that Tel Aviv accused Hezbollah of “systematicallyexploiting civilian infrastructure for military purposes.”

    According to Lebanon’s Health Ministry, the conflict has killed 4,319 peopleand wounded 12,203 others since the war began on March 2.

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