Israel abused rights in Lebanon, Hezbollah must face probe: UN experts
AFP, October, 2006
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GENEVA (AFP) — Israel committed serious violations of human rights during its offensive in Lebanon but Hezbollah must also be called to account for its actions, which could constitute war crimes, four United Nations experts have said. In a report on their fact-finding mission to the region on September 7-14, revealed Tuesday, the experts took Israel to task for "serious violations of both human rights and humanitarian law".
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"Available information strongly indicates that, in many instances, Israel violated its legal obligations to distinguish between military and civilian objectives," they said. The Lebanese Shiite militia Hezbollah was also to blame for, "in many instances", violating humanitarian rules by targeting the civilian population of northern Israel. Hezbollah's extensive use of rockets packed with ball bearings, which caused maximum damage in heavily populated civilian areas, "constitutes a clear violation of humanitarian law", they said. "Whether it also amounts to a war crime is ...
