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Six multinational construction companies may be aiding and abetting war crimes in south Lebanon by supplying Israel with excavators and bulldozers, according to human rights experts and analysis undertaken by The Guardian<\/em>. <\/p>\n

Photos and videos from April show the Israeli military using excavators made by Caterpillar, Volvo, Hyundai, Doosan, Hitachi and Komatsu to destroy homes, shops, solar panels, water infrastructure, and other buildings across south Lebanon. The Guardian<\/em> verified the imagery, which shows excavators from the six companies demolishing homes in various towns in south Lebanon.<\/p>\n

Human Rights Watch has said that Israel\u2019s destruction of villages could amount to wanton destruction, a war crime \u2013 in addition to other likely war crimes carried out by Israel in Lebanon like forcible displacement and attacks deliberately targeting civilians. <\/p>\n

The Guardian<\/em> noted that human rights experts have said that foreign companies should stop supplying Israel with construction equipment until confident that it will not be used in war crimes.<\/p>\n

\u201cBusinesses carrying out activities that contribute to serious international law violations in Lebanon, such as the extensive destruction of civilian property, may expose themselves, or their individual directors and managers, to the risk of prosecution for complicity in war crimes,\u201d said Mark Dummett, deputy program director and head of business, security and human rights at Amnesty International.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, Amnesty International also stated in a new report that its imagery showed \u201calmost full-scale clearing of almost all the municipalities along the border.\u201d Israel has \u201ccarried out extensive destruction\u201d since its 2024 war on Lebanon, it said, but \u201cpreviously, isolated structures and sections of villages may have been left intact. Now, almost all of those have been levelled and the heavy destruction has expanded to municipalities further [from the border].\u201d The report focused on forced displacement, which it says amounts to \u201cunlawful transfer,\u201d another war crime. <\/p>\n

In May, The New York Times<\/em> reported that Israel has razed more than two dozen Lebanese border towns and villages since the start of its war on Lebanon in March. An Amnesty International investigator told The New York Times <\/em>that \u201cThis is basically the same pattern that we documented back in Gaza.\u201d According to The Guardian<\/em>, 46 towns and villages in Lebanon\u2019s south have now suffered heavy damage.<\/p>\n

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Haaretz<\/em> also noted that Israel destroyed or damaged over 10,000 structures in south Lebanon in its 2024 war on Lebanon, and that even more have been destroyed in the current war. <\/p>\n

Some estimates suggest 36,000 homes have been destroyed in south Lebanon alone. <\/p>\n

In April, Haaretz <\/em>noted that Israel brought dozens of heavy machinery vehicles \u201cincluding excavators operated by paid contractors\u201d into south Lebanon, and that some workers were \u201ccompensated based on the number of structures\u201d they destroyed. Some of these contractors had previously worked in Gaza, demolishing civilian structures there. Haaretz<\/em> noted that demolitions continued during \u201cceasefires\u201d \u2013 which functioned as one-sided ceasefires in which Israel continued its destruction \u2013 and that the Israeli military closely monitored and tracked demolitions. <\/p>\n

In March, Israel\u2019s Defense Minister Israel Katz stated that \u201call houses in villages near the Lebanese border will be demolished according to the model of Rafah and Beit Hanoun in Gaza.\u201d<\/p>\n

Elizabeth Rghebi, Middle East and North Africa Advocacy Director at Amnesty International USA, told Truthout<\/em>:<\/p>\n

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Amnesty International has documented the unlawful destruction of civilian property and land that has become a hallmark of Israel\u2019s military operations in the region, from Lebanon to the Occupied Palestinian Territory to Syria. This trail of destruction across southern Lebanon has rendered entire areas uninhabitable, destroyed livelihoods, and left people with no homes to return to.<\/p>\n

Amnesty International continues to call on all governments and companies to stop fueling Israel\u2019s atrocities and on governments to immediately suspend the supply, sale, and transfer to Israel of all weapons and other military and security equipment, including construction equipment that is used to destroy civilian property.<\/p>\n

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