Debris is seen at the site of an Israeli airstrike in the Christian-majority town of Atou in northern Lebanon on October 15, 2024. Photo courtesy: Reuters
The United Nations on Tuesday (October 15, 2024) called for a “prompt, independent and thorough investigation” into the matter. israeli attack on the northern Lebanese village of Aito, in which 22 civilians were killed.
“What we are hearing is that of the 22 people killed, 12 were women and two were children,” UN rights office spokesman Jeremy Lawrence told reporters about Monday’s (October 14, 2024) strike. -storey residential building.
“Taking these factors into account we have real concerns in relation to the laws of war and the principles of distinction, proportion and proportionality,” he said.
“Our office calls for a prompt, independent and thorough investigation of this incident.”
As yet, Several Israeli attacks since the invasion of Lebanon In September the focus has been primarily on Shia Muslim areas in the south, where Hezbollah has built up its power base.
One AFP A photographer at the site of Monday’s (October 14, 2024) strike in the north said the attack had destroyed a residential building at the entrance of the Christian-majority village.
Body parts were scattered among the debris, Red Cross volunteers searched for survivors in the debris, while ambulances evacuated the injured.
Hezbollah has been carrying out cross-border fire with Israel for almost a year, saying it was acting in response to Israel’s devastating ground and air attacks on Gaza.
The war in Gaza began when the armed wing of the Palestinian group Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel from the territory on October 7, 2023.
Almost daily shelling along the Israel-Lebanon border had already led to the displacement of thousands of people on both sides before a dramatic increase last month, when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to crush Hezbollah.
published – October 15, 2024 04:55 PM IST