[opiniojuris] Roger Alford: Human Rights Watch Reports on "Israeli Indiscriminate Attacks"

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Posted by Roger Alford:
Human Rights Watch Reports on "Israeli Indiscriminate Attacks"
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   Last week I linked to a report from Human Rights Watch on Hezbollah's
   Targeting of Civilians. Yesterday Human Rights Watch released another
   report on the conflict, this one focusing on Israeli attacks on
   civilians in Lebanon. The press release is [1]here and the full report
   is [2]here. Here is a taste:
   
     Israelâs indiscriminate airstrikes, not Hezbollahâs shielding as
     claimed by Israeli officials, caused most of the approximately 900
     civilian deaths in Lebanon during the July-August 2006 war between
     Israel and Hezbollah, Human Rights Watch said in a report released
     today. Human Rights Watch investigated more than 500 of the deaths.
     âIsrael wrongfully acted as if all civilians had heeded its
     warnings to evacuate southern Lebanon when it knew they had not,
     disregarding its continuing legal duty to distinguish between
     military targets and civilians,â said Kenneth Roth, executive
     director of Human Rights Watch. âIssuing warnings doesnât make
     indiscriminate attacks lawful.â

References

   1. http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/09/06/isrlpa16781.htm
   2. http://hrw.org/reports/2007/lebanon0907/