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UN envoy asks ICC to probe Israel on Lebanon bombing
By: Anjum Kermani
GENEVA: A United Nations rights expert said the
International Criminal Court (ICC) should investigate whether
Israel is guilty of war crimes for a bombing campaign in
Lebanon that blocked access to food and water.
In an 18-page report, the UN Human Rights Council's special
envoy on the "right to food" Jean Ziegler said Israel's
bombing of farmland and blockade of Lebanon's ports in its
month-long war caused considerable hardship to the Lebanese
that was still being felt.
"The government of Israel should be held responsible under
international law for the violations of the right to food of
the Lebanese civilian population," the report said.
"Individuals should be held responsible for violations of the
right to food and water."
Ziegler, an independent expert appointed by the Human Rights
Commission, visited Lebanon in September in the aftermath of
the 34-day conflict that ended in mid-August.
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