Israel and Hezbollah broke law
04/10/2006 00:17  - (SA)  

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Geneva - Both Israel and Hezbollah broke international humanitarian law by failing to protect civilians during the month-long Lebanon war, four UN human rights envoys said in a report on Tuesday.

The investigators said that Israel had not distinguished between military and civilian targets during the July 12-August 14 conflict, had failed to apply the principle of proportionality and had not taken all needed precautions to limit injury and damage to civilians.

Hezbollah fighters - whose seizing of two Israeli soldiers triggered the fighting - violated international law with their use of Katyusha rockets loaded with lethal anti-personnel ball bearings fired at civilian areas in northern Israel, they said.

- Reuters

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