First responders inspect the wreckage of a car, targeted in an Israeli airstrike in Nabatieh, southern Lebanon, on July 6, 2026. (Credit: Abbas Fakih/AFP)
Amnesty International on Thursday accused Israel of wiping out families in its strikes on Lebanon during its war with Hezbollah, calling for these attacks to be investigated as war crimes.
Despite a cease-fire in place, Israel continues to attack Lebanon with major airstrikes and a ground invasion in the South, killing more than 4,300 people since March 2 according to Lebanese authorities, including more than 250 children.
Israel has occupied swathes of territory in southern Lebanon, and, as always, brandishes its standard alibi that it is enacting this large-scale violence, killing southern civilians — recently a school principle and immigrant worker — to fight Hezbollah.
Amnesty analyzed three strikes on civilian homes between March 6 and 13, in which 24 civilians were killed, 12 of them children.
The London-based rights group accused Israel of "wiping out families" in those strikes and called for them to be treated as "war crimes."
The group said it reached out to Israeli authorities, who claimed with no concrete evidence and with blanket statements that some of the attacks "were carried out against Hezbollah military objectives," while others were allegedly "referred for examination."
"Despite follow up, the Israeli military did not provide specific information regarding the three attacks... including what the targets may have been," Amnesty added.
Its findings in the investigation were based on interviews with 15 people, including survivors, relatives, paramedics, journalists who visited attack sites and local officials.
"Based on the evidence gathered, in each of these air strikes, Amnesty International has reasonable basis to conclude that Israeli forces violated international humanitarian law, including by failing to distinguish between civilians and military objectives, by carrying out attacks directed against civilians or civilian objects, or by failing to take all feasible precautions to minimize harm to civilians," the report read.
Kristine Beckerle, Amnesty's deputy regional director for the Middle East and North Africa, said that "within the space of just a week, the Israeli military obliterated entire families, including a dozen children, in Lebanon, demonstrating a callous disregard for civilian lives."
"States must impose an immediate comprehensive arms embargo on Israel and use universal and extraterritorial jurisdiction to investigate and prosecute those responsible," she added.
Last month, Lebanon and Israel concluded a U.S.-backed framework agreement aiming to pave the way for a permanent end to hostilities.
It was preceded by a memorandum of understanding between Iran and the United States to end the broader Middle East confliwarct, which included a cease-fire in Lebanon.
Despite this, Israel continues to attack Lebanon daily with major airstrikes and a ground invasion in the South, where it has occupied swathes of territory, allegedly to fight Hezbollah.
