Lebanon files complaint against Israel with UN labor organization over continued deadly attacks Explosive pager includedA Lebanese government minister said on Wednesday that workers were among the dead and injured.
distant wave There were explosions that hit the pager. And the mid-September bombing of walkie-talkies by Hezbollah members was widely blamed on Israel, which has neither confirmed nor denied involvement.
These explosions took place in grocery stores, homes and streets According to Lebanese officials, at least 37 people, including two children, were killed and nearly 3,000 were injured, upsetting even those Lebanese who have no ties to Hezbollah.
In addition to combatants, explosive devices also targeted workers in civilian institutions, including Hezbollah’s health care and media operations.
Lebanese Labor Minister Mustafa Bayram and other officials said they traveled to Geneva and on Tuesday formally filed a complaint against Israel with the International Labor Organization, a huge U.N. agency that brings together governments, businesses and workers. Brings.
,This method of war and conflict “This could open the way for many people fleeing international humanitarian law to adopt this form of warfare,” he told reporters at the UN complex in Geneva.
“If it is not condemned, it sets a very dangerous precedent,” he said. “We are in a situation where ordinary objects – objects used in daily life – become dangerous and deadly.”
Speaking in Arabic, according to an interpreter, Bayram stressed that the ILO convention guaranteed the safety of workers who “were at their workplace and their pager or walkie-talkie suddenly exploded.”
He said, “I don’t know where the outcome (of the complaint) will go, but at least we have raised our voices to say and warn against this dangerous approach that attacks human relations and leads to more conflicts.” “
An ILO spokeswoman said she did not immediately have information about the complaint or what redress might be possible through it.
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