‘Destroyed my whole life’: Lebanese families wiped out in Israeli attacks

Amnesty International is urging a war crimes investigation into three Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon between March 6 and March 13, which collectively killed 24 civilians, including 12 children and six women. The attacks occurred in Tyre, Arki village, and Nabatieh, with Amnesty stating it found no evidence of military objectives and that Israel failed to take necessary precautions to protect civilians. Hussein Saleh, who lost his pregnant wife, five-year-old daughter, and seven other family members in one such strike in Tyre, recounted finding his daughter’s severed head and the extensive effort to collect body parts. Amnesty researcher Sahar Mandour noted, “There was no apparent target, and there was no specific warning or an effective warning.” Critics argue Israel has acted with impunity, with Kristine Beckerle of Amnesty stating, “The persistent impunity for unlawful attacks risks normalising serious violations of international humanitarian law.”