The Permanent Mission of Lebanon to the United Nations, based on the instructions of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants, filed a complaint to the Security Council regarding an “Israeli strike that targeted a car carrying a Lebanese citizen, resulting in his death. The same raid also damaged a school bus transporting students to Shoukin School, injuring three students.”
This incident occurred while the bus was passing on the Shoukin-Kfardajal road, located southwest of Nabatiyeh.
“Given that international humanitarian law, based on Article 27 of the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949, guarantees the protection of civilians and civilian facilities, Israel’s deliberate bombing of a civilian car and a school bus carrying minor students heading to their school constitutes a violation of international humanitarian law and a war crime,” the complaint read.
It noted that “protecting children in wartime is a principle enshrined in international humanitarian law and binding on states, based on Article 16 of the aforementioned convention, which states that these groups are ‘entitled to special protection and respect’.”
According to the statement, Lebanon has requested that the Security Council ask Israel to respect international humanitarian law and children’s rights, “urging them to avoid targeting civilians.” Additionally, it called on the Security Council to “condemn Israel’s direct, deliberate, and repeated attacks on civilians and to ensure that Israel does not evade punishment for these crimes.”
It emphasized that “the failure of Council members to condemn these Israeli crimes would give Israel a free hand to continue targeting civilians without any deterrence.”
