A leading human rights group asked Iran’s president to press Hezbollah to follow international law. Human Rights Watch said Mahmoud Ahmadinejad should call for an end to Hezbollah’s repeated rocket attacks on civilians in northern Israel, seek assurances that Hezbollah is not locating fighters or weapons in civilian areas and stress that Hezbollah should treat two Israelis soldiers it kidnapped well.
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