Amnesty urges investigating Israeli attacks on Lebanon as 'war crimes'

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Amnesty International accuses Israel of wiping out families in its strikes on Lebanon during its war with Hezbollah, calling for these attacks to be investigated as war crimes, according to AFP.

Amnesty has analysed three strikes on civilian homes between March 6 and 13, in which 24 civilians were killed, 12 of them children.

The London-based rights group accuses Israel of “wiping out families” in those strikes and called for them to be treated as “war crimes”.

The group says it reached out to Israeli authorities, who said that some of the attacks “were carried out against Hezbollah military objectives”, while others were “referred for examination”.

The authorities told Amnesty they were “committed to mitigating harm to civilians during operational activity”.

“Despite follow up, the Israeli military did not provide specific information regarding the three attacks… including what the targets may have been,” Amnesty adds.

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