A/HRC/3/2 page 31 by IDF on 30 July just two hours before the strike, warning the civilians to flee Qana, were neither an active nor an effective action. IDF attacks had already seriously limited road access, the town was under intensive and heavy bombardment, and the time for inhabitants to flee was in the circumstances too short.84 It is the view of the Commission that the reasons advanced for its targeting are not tenable.85 103. In Taibe, the Commission gathered information on the occupation of part of the town by IDF, which set up sniper positions in the castle from which they could dominate the surrounding area; 136 houses and 2 schools were destroyed in Taibe. 104. Witnesses explained to the Commission that most of the men in the village possessed guns. They stressed, however, that a distinction should be made between professional Hezbollah fighters and civilian militia volunteers from Amal and the Lebanese communist party who took up arms during the conflict. The volunteers were welcomed if they obeyed the Hezbollah rules but were otherwise ordered to leave the area. According to witnesses, Hezbollah did not fire rockets and mortars from within the village, or otherwise use it as a shield for its activities. Rather, Hezbollah used adjoining valleys, as well as caves and tunnels in the surrounding area from which to operate, and the surrounding countryside provided ample cover and security for their operations. 105. The Commission heard witness testimony and saw evidence of IDF behaviour in the village, including houses which had been occupied and vandalized, and water containers contaminated with human waste. Similarly, the private school in the village had been vandalized and trashed, a fact witnessed and recorded by Swedish TV. 106. The Commission also was informed that the body of a Hezbollah fighter killed by IDF snipers had been set on fire by the roadside outside the town and mutilated.86 107. Several individuals told the Commission of another very serious incident involving the killing of the four members of one family, Nasrallah, as well as of the mutilation of the father’s body. One witness reported that IDF snipers had fired on a woman who was returning to her house, having taken refuge in another house in the village. Her daughter, who had gone to check on her, also was shot by the snipers. The same thing happened to the father and his son who also had gone to the house to see what had happened. The villagers later found the four bodies. The father’s hands and legs had been cut off, and a note saying “this is what will happen to Nasrallah” was attached to his body. Investigation on these allegations is currently being conducted by the Lebanese Parliamentary Human Rights Committee, Human Rights Watch and local NGOs. 108. The Commission visited the small town of Ghazieh, located north of the Litani river, which was attacked by IAF on 7 and 8 August 2006. At least 29 people were killed in the attack, and another 56 were wounded. The Commission met with the Mayor and with families that had been affected by the bombings, and was shown two out of four destroyed buildings that had been attacked. The Mayor informed the Commission that there had been no prior hostilities in the town, the houses were not connected to Hezbollah, and the town had not been used to launch attacks against Israel. Apparently no warnings were given prior to the attacks. The houses had