Israeli attacks on Lebanon may amount to war crimes, UN rights office says

‘Deliberately attacking civilians or civilian objects amounts to a war crime,’ UN says after resurgence in Israeli air strikes and ground operations.

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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.