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See for example: Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs. IDF Spokesman: Hezbollah attack on
northern border and IDF response, 12 July 2006 http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Terrorism+Obstacle+to+Peace/Terrorism+from+Lebanon-+Hizbullah/Hizbullah+attack+on+northern+
border+and+IDF+response+12-Jul-2006.htm (retrieved on 7 November 2006); Summary of IDF
operations against Hezbollah in Lebanon, 21 July 2006, http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Terrorism+Obstacle+to+Peace/Terrorism+from+Lebanon-+Hizbullah/Summary+of+IDF+operations+
against+Hizbullah+in+Lebanon+21-Jul-2006.htm (retrieved on 7 November 2006).
120
Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs. IDF warns Lebanese civilians to leave danger zones,
25 July 2006, available at http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Terrorism+Obstacle+to+Peace/
Terrorism+from+Lebanon-+Hizbullah/IDF+warns+Lebanese+civilians+to+leave+
danger+zones+3-Aug-2006, retrieved on 7 November 2006.
121
Lieber Code, article 19; Brussels Declaration, article 16; Oxford Manual, article 33; Hague
Regulations, article 26; GC Additional Protocol I, article 57(2)(c); CCW Amended Protocol II,
article 3(11).
122
ICRC Study, rule 20, p. 65, note 93.
123
Fourth Geneva Convention, article 33; GC Additional Protocol I, article 51(2); and
GC Additional Protocol II, article 13(2).
124
For example, at the village of Marwaheen on 15 July.
125
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. High Commissioner for Human
Rights condemns killings of civilians in Qana, South Lebanon, 31 July 2006.
126
See message in Annex VII.
127
GC Additional Protocol I, article 57(2)(b); Second Protocol to the Hague Convention for the
Protection of Cultural Property, article 7.
128
BBC News. Israel says world backs offensive, 27 July 2006
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5219360.stm (retrieved on 7 November 2006).
129
http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/terrorism.
130
During their clearance operations, UNMACC came across numerous examples of leaflets
dropped by the IAF over southern Lebanon. The Commission was given a selection of these.
131
WHO, MOPH. Lebanon Crisis: Service Availability Assessment, 29 August 2006, 82 p.
See Annex VIII, “Physical Damage to Health Facilities”.
132
Note: the study does not make a comparison with what existed prior to the conflict, which
does not allow for a thorough analysis.
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