Driving the news:
Human Rights Watch has condemned Israel’s latest attacks on civilian infrastructure in southern Lebanon, saying the strikes deliberately target post-war reconstruction efforts and violate international humanitarian law.
Why it matters:
Targeting civilian infrastructure and reconstruction equipment not only breaches the laws of war but also prevents displaced civilians from returning home, raising concerns about collective punishment and long-term humanitarian fallout.
What it's saying:
Human Rights Watch said the Israeli attacks on reconstruction equipment and civilian facilities in southern Lebanon amount to a “war crime.”
HRW says Israeli forces have already reduced many border towns and villages in southern Lebanon to rubble.
The rights group warns that Israel is now attempting to obstruct reconstruction and the return of residents by destroying civilian machinery and facilities.
Such actions, HRW says, meet the legal threshold of war crimes under international law.
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