Human rights activists are accusing the Lebanese Hezbollah militia of violating international humanitarian law in Israel because of indiscriminate rocket attacks.
“Amnesty International documented three Hezbollah rocket attacks on civilian areas of Israel in October 2024 that killed eight civilians and injured at least 16 more that must be investigated as war crimes,” the organization said on Friday.
Hezbollah did not distinguish between combatants and civilians, as is required by international humanitarian law, Amnesty continued.
In Israel, civilian homes have also been damaged and destroyed due to the “reckless use” of unguided missiles.
Amnesty called for direct attacks by the Shiite militia on civilians and civilian sites, and indiscriminate attacks that killed or injured civilians, to be investigated as war crimes.
The human rights organization recently accused Israel of four “unlawful airstrikes” on residential buildings in Lebanon, resulting in many deaths, and called for investigations into whether these were war crimes as well.
Amnesty also criticised Israel’s evacuation orders in Lebanon as inadequate and in some cases misleading.
Hezbollah and Israel largely ended their year of attacks on each other at the end of November with a ceasefire.
The pro-Iranian militia and Israel’s army did not initially comment on Amnesty’s accusations when asked.
Amnesty also accuses Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
