Ongoing fighting in Lebanon, Israel and the Palestinian areas could constitute war crimes, a U.N. official said. Louise Arbour, the U.N. high commissioner for human rights, cited the need to protect non-combatants under international law, which she said “defines war crimes and crimes against humanity.”
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