Amnesty Calls for War Crimes Probe After Israel ‘Obliterated Entire Families’ in Lebanon

Amnesty International on Thursday demanded a war crimes investigation into Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon, which the human rights watchdog described as “wiping out families.”

The strikes in question took place in March and killed hundreds of civilians, including many children, in neighborhoods in the cities of Tyre, Saida, and Nabatieh.

Amnesty said it has gathered enough evidence to reasonably conclude that Israeli forces violated international law by failing to distinguish between civilian and military targets when conducting the campaign.

The human rights group said it reached these conclusions after conducting more than a dozen on-the-ground interviews with survivors, relatives of victims, and paramedics who were called to the scene after the strikes. Additionally, the group analyzed satellite photos along with videos of the strikes posted on social media. [MORE]