LEBANESE GOVERNMENT ACCUSES ISRAEL OF WAR CRIMES

THE LEBANESE GOVERNMENT SUNDAY ACCUSED ISRAEL OF
WAR CRIMES AND CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY FOLLOWING AN ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE
ON THE VILLAGE OF QANA THAT KILLED 56 CIVILIANS, DPA REPORTED.
"THESE AGGRESSIONS ARE CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY AND WAR CRIMES IN
ALL SENSES OF THE WORDS," INFORMATION MINISTER GHAZI ARIDI SAID,
READING A STATEMENT AFTER AN EMERGENCY CABINET SESSION FOLLOWING THE
RAIDS DURING WHICH WERE CIVILIANS KILLED, INCLUDING 30 CHILDREN.
"SUCH AN ACTION IS TO HIDE (ISRAEL'S) FAILURE IN ACHIEVING ITS
MILITARY OBJECTIVES," HE SAID.
LEBANESE PRIME MINISTER FOUAD SENIORA CALLED AN EMERGENCY MEETING
OF THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL, APPEALING TO THE UN TO "PUT
AN END TO THE VIOLENCE IN LEBANON."