Shafaq News/ TwoIsraeli airstrikes on the Lebanese town of Younine in late 2024 killed 33civilians, including 15 children, in apparent violations of internationalhumanitarian law, according to a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report released on Wednesday.
HRW pointed out it hadfound no evidence of military targets at the sites of the September 25 andNovember 1 strikes, which destroyed residential buildings and killed entirefamilies. The organization classified the attacks as indiscriminate and calledfor investigations into possible war crimes.
Weapon remnantsrecovered at the strike locations included US-made Joint Direct Attack Munition(JDAM) guidance kits, according to HRW arms researchers.
The organizationemphasized that Israeli forces provided no prior warning to civilians in thetargeted areas, adding, “More and more evidence is emerging that Israeli forcesrepeatedly failed to protect civilians or adequately distinguish civilians frommilitary targets during its strikes across Lebanon in 2023 and 2024.”
HRW also criticizedLebanon’s caretaker cabinet for revoking its previous decision to grant theInternational Criminal Court (ICC) jurisdiction over crimes committed inLebanon since October 7, 2023. “Instead of supporting accountability efforts,Lebanon’s caretaker cabinet took a step backward by reversing this criticaldecision,” the report read.
Between October 2023and December 2024, Israeli military operations in Lebanon killed more than4,000 people and displaced over one million. Additionally, at least 146 morepeople have reportedly been killed by Israeli strikes since the ceasefireagreement in late November.
The organization furtherurged countries including the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, andGermany to suspend arms transfers to Israel, alleging complicity in the “unlawfulkilling of civilians”.
NEW: Two unlawful Israeli strikes on the Lebanese town of Younine between Sept. and Nov. 2024 were apparent indiscriminate attacks on civilians.At least one of the attacks used an air-dropped bomb equipped with a United States-produced JDAM guidance kit. t.co/XwqQxFXzgr pic.twitter.com/iSmPpGC3ah
— Human Rights Watch (@hrw) April 23, 2025The Israeli militaryhas not responded to HRW's findings.
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