Published October 13,2024
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Hezbollah accused Israel on Sunday of shelling border cities in southern Lebanon with internationally banned cluster bombs.
The Lebanese group mentioned the Israeli military bombed the realm between the cities of Hanin and Tayri with rockets loaded with banned cluster bombs.
“We are not surprised at all by the new barbaric crime, which is added to Israel‘s record of crimes against the Lebanese and Palestinian peoples,” Hezbollah added in a press release.
The use of cluster bombs in or close to populated areas is prohibited beneath the Geneva Conventions as they pose a risk to the lives of civilians.
There was no speedy remark from Israel on Hezbollah‘s assertion.
Israel has mounted large airstrikes throughout Lebanon in opposition to what it claims are Hezbollah targets since Sept. 23, killing at the very least 1,437 individuals, injuring over 4,123 others, and displacing greater than 1.34 million individuals.
The aerial marketing campaign is an escalation from a yr of cross-border warfare between Israel and Hezbollah because the begin of its offensive on the Gaza Strip, wherein Israel has killed greater than 42,200 individuals, most of them ladies and kids, since a Hamas assault final yr.
Despite worldwide warnings that the Mideast was on the point of a regional battle amid Israel‘s relentless assaults on Gaza and Lebanon, it expanded the battle on Oct. 1 by launching a floor incursion into southern Lebanon.
Source: www.anews.com.tr