Jeremy Lawrence, spokesman for the Commission, said at a press briefing in Geneva in response to a question about the raid on Ayto town Monday: “What we hear is that among the dead are 12 women and two children.”
He added: “We know that the strike was on a 4-storey residential building. With these factors in mind, we have real concerns with regard to international humanitarian law and the laws of Warand the principles of distinction, ratio and proportionality,” calling for an “independent and in-depth” investigation into the incident.
22 people were killed in the strike that targeted a 4-storey building in the Christian town of Ayto. The Lebanese authorities indicated that 21 people were killed on Monday.
Joseph Trad, mayor of Ayto, told Reuters that the raid hit a house rented by displaced families.
The focus of Israeli military operations was in Lebanon So far, it is focused on the Bekaa Valley in the east, the southern suburbs of Beirut, and the south.
The Prime Minister said Benjamin Netanyahu During a visit to a military base in central Israel that Hezbollah targeted with a drone on Sunday, killing 4 soldiers, Israel said that Israel will continue to attack the group “mercilessly anywhere in Lebanon, even in Beirut“.
