A/HRC/3/2 page 41 whether in fact they were fully aware of these obligations. For example, as reported on BBC news on 27 July,128 Israeli Justice Minister Haim Raimon said: “that in order to prevent casualties among Israeli soldiers battling Hezbollah militants in southern Lebanon, villages should be flattened by the Israeli air force before ground troops moved in”. He added that Israel had given the civilians of southern Lebanon ample time to quit the area and therefore anyone still remaining there could be considered a Hezbollah supporter. “All those now in south Lebanon are terrorists who are related in some way to Hezbollah”, Mr. Ramon said. (b) Propaganda leaflets and messages 159. In Beirut and other places, leaflets were also dropped but in the main they were of an anti-Hezbollah propaganda nature rather than warnings. The same applies to the computer-generated telephone calls many people received. An example of this type of leaflet is as follows and further examples given in annex VI. IDF tells the people of Lebanon that they are in conflict with the Hezbollah terrorists, not the people of Lebanon, and that they should not allow themselves to be used as human shields (3 August 2006):129 “To the people of Lebanon IDF forces operated with daring and force in Baalbek, the centre of operations of the Hezbollah terror band, in the framework of its defense of the citizens of the State of Israel and the return of the abducted IDF soldiers. Know that the IDF will continue to send its long arm to wherever Hezbollah terrorists are found, in order to strike at them forcefully and with determination, and to neutralize their options to execute their criminal ideology against the citizens of Israel. Citizens of Lebanon, The IDF forces are not acting against the Lebanese people, but against the Hezbollah terrorists, and will continue to act as long as it deems necessary. Do not allow Hezbollah elements to hold you as prisoners and use you as a human shield for the sake of foreign interests. The State of Israel.” 160. It also appears that IDF dropped propaganda leaflets after the conflict. An example given to the Commission by the United Nations Mine Action Coordination Centre (UNMACC)130 is as follows: