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Air strike killing civilians and militants
Associated Timeline/Case:
New Wars, No Peace | January, 2006 to December, 2008
Date of incident:
July 24, 2006
Death toll:
12persons
Actors/Parties Involved:
Hezbollah
In Haris, South Lebanon, eight civilians were killed in an air strike on a house 10 minutes after 4 militants were killed in another house. There was no military presence in the second house targeted. According to HRW, this incident constituted two breaches: first, the presence of Hezbollah military activity in a civilian neighborhood, and second, Israel failing to distinguish between civilians and military.
Primary category:
Air Strike
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