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[quote=Anonymous]Israeli attacks on Lebanon may amount to war crimes, UN rights office says
[url]https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/17/israeli-attacks-on-lebanon-may-amount-to-war-crimes-un-rights-office-says[/url]

Israeli attacks on residential buildings and civilian infrastructure in Lebanon may amount to war crimes, the United Nations human rights office says as the Israeli military pummels its northern neighbour as part of the wider war engulfing the Middle East.

At a news briefing on Tuesday in Geneva, a spokesperson for UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said hundreds of homes and other buildings, including healthcare facilities, have been destroyed in intensified Israeli strikes on the capital, Beirut, and other parts of the country.

Thameen al-Kheetan noted that displaced Lebanese civilians living in tents along the Beirut seafront were killed in Israeli strikes while other attacks since early March also have killed at least 16 health workers.

“International humanitarian law demands distinction between military targets and civilians and civilian objects and insists on feasible precautions being taken to protect civilians. Deliberately attacking civilians or civilian objects amounts to a war crime,” al-Kheetan said.

“In addition, international law provides for specific protections for healthcare workers as well as people at heightened risk, such as the elderly, women and displaced people.”

At least 912 people, including 111 children, have been killed and 2,221 wounded in Israel’s attacks on Lebanon since March 2, according to the latest figures from the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health.

The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights also expressed concern over the displacement crisis, noting that Israel’s orders for residents of southern Lebanon to leave their homes “may amount to forced displacement, prohibited under international humanitarian law”.

“With this displacement comes a wide array of human rights concerns. Proper healthcare, sufficient food and drinking water are lacking,” al-Kheetan said.

“Education has been interrupted for another academic year, freedom of movement no longer exists, and livelihoods have now been lost. And while people are displaced, Israeli attacks are destroying and damaging their houses, farmland and other civilian infrastructure.”[/quote]

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