A/HRC/3/2 page 29 and the need for a full and careful documentation of individual eye-witness accounts, the Commission was able to examine only a certain number of incidents which occurred during the conflict. Findings based on particular incidents are set out below. 92. The Commission is aware that a comprehensive investigation related to a large number of alleged killings (see annex VI) is being conducted under the auspices of the Lebanese Parliamentary Human Rights Committee, in cooperation with civil society and concerned individuals. The Commission stresses that violations of international humanitarian law and incidents involving alleged infringement of the right to life and other human rights, justify such investigations, and should be given due support and assistance, including from the Office of the High Commissioner and other United Nations agencies, as necessary. (a) Southern Lebanon 93. Numerous villages throughout southern Lebanon suffered extensive bombing and shelling resulting in killings and massive displacement of civilians. Some villages were occupied by Israeli forces and suffered other kinds of damage. The Bekaa Valley also came under attack. 94. The village of Al Duweir is located in South Lebanon a few kilometres north of the Litani River. The three-storey family house of Sheikh Adil Akkash was located outside the village in an isolated spot on a hillside. The Commission visited the site and spoke with the father of Sheikh Adil Akkash, Mr. Mohammed Mustafa Akkash. He told the Commission how, on 14 July at 0400 hours, the house was hit by three missiles. The 41-year old cleric, his wife, seven daughters and three sons (aged 6 months to 17 years), and Sri Lankan maid were inside the house. All 13 were killed. The house was completely destroyed. 95. The Sheikh was a religious scholar, his father said, a peaceful man. “Ask anyone in the village, everyone will say the same thing”, he said. He taught in a religious school in Saida, which, the father said, was also hit a few days later. The Sheikh had a huge collection of books, which the Commission saw littered across the hillside amid the rubble. The house was located about 200 metres away from the nearest house, which was untouched, suggesting that the bombing was targeted. There was no indication of any hostilities in or around the vicinities. However, no information could be collected which would explain the motivation for the killing of this family. As a civilian and a cleric, the Sheikh and his family would be clearly protected by international humanitarian law. 96. In Marwaheen, the Commission interviewed witnesses in relation to the occupation of the village by IDF, as well as on the attacks on convoys leaving the village on 15 and 16 July (see sect. B.2). UNIFIL reported that as IDF advanced into the village they fired at every single house with tanks and machine guns. In addition, numerous houses were vandalized by IDF troops during their period of occupation and one was deliberately set on fire. The fire damage was witnessed by members of the Commission: the beds used in the house by IDF were stacked together in one room and had been deliberately set on fire. Towards the end of the conflict, after IDF had withdrawn, the village was subjected to cluster-bomb attacks.

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