UN experts condemn deadly drone attacks on Hamas leader
Published: Tuesday, Jan 9th 2024, 18:31
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UN experts have condemned drone attacks on a leader of the terrorist Palestinian organization Hamas and six other actors in Lebanon last week. The attacks were allegedly carried out by Israel, UN Special Rapporteurs Ben Saul and Morris Tidball-Binz announced in Geneva on Tuesday. Such attacks constitute extrajudicial killings and murder. The UN Human Rights Council has appointed Saul and Tidball-Binz as experts on the protection of human rights in the fight against terrorism and extrajudicial and arbitrary killings. Israel has not yet commented on the criticized attacks.
"Israel did not act in self-defense because it has not provided evidence that the victims carried out an armed attack on Israel from Lebanese territory," the special rapporteurs said. They called on Israel to bring "all those involved in these alleged murders" to justice.
Israel criticizes the UN Human Rights Council as a biased body and does not feel bound by its instructions or those of its experts.
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