Israel’s use of cluster bombs during the Lebanon war could be considered a war crime, according to a U.N. report. Prepared by an inquiry commission set up to investigate Israeli actions during this summer’s war with Hezbollah, the report was presented last Friday to the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva.
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