The United Nations they reported the explosion of portable explosive devices (perhaps modified by Israeli intelligence) used by members of the terrorist group Hezbollah in Lebanon earlier this week, saying the attack breached the international law and could constitute a war crime.
“The international humanitarian law prohibits the use of booby traps in the form of seemingly harmless portable objects,” he told Security Council theUnited Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turkadding that “committing acts of violence aimed at spreading terror among the civilians it’s a war crime».
In an apparently coordinated attack last Tuesday, the pager with the “Gold Apollo” brand used by Hezbollah they exploded all over the Lebanonkilling 12 people and injuring about 3,000. A day later, some portable radios exploded, killing 25 people and injuring at least 650.
Hezbollah and his supporter, theIranthey attributed the responsibility for the detonations to Israelalthough the country has remained silent on the issue.
The devices they hit the workers of the institutions of Hezbollahincluding its health and media agencies, as well as its fighters. It is unclear how many civilians without ties to Hezbollah were injured.