A U.N. official demanded an independent probe into an Israeli airstrike that killed 54 civilians in southern Lebanon. Louise Arbour, the U.N. high commissioner for human rights, said “international expertise” is needed to look into Sunday’s incident. Israel says it will conduct its own investigation of the tragedy in Kana.
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