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Israel Denounces UN Rights Probe on Lebanon
[Reuters] Stephanie Nebehay - Israel's ambassador to the UN in Geneva, Itzhak Levanon, told the UN Human Rights Council Friday that its commission of inquiry report on the war in Lebanon ignored the 4,000 rockets fired at Israel by Hizballah. He said the UN report was wrong to omit a reference to "Lebanon's obligations to prevent the use of its territory for hostile acts and to disarm and disband Hizballah." "The disturbing reality is that the conflict in Lebanon was the direct result of an unprovoked Hizballah attack, emanating from Lebanon into Israel," and Israel had been forced to act in self-defense.