Muslim states call for UN probe into Israeli attacks on civilians

The 47 member human rights forum was likely to vote on the draft, which can still be modified, during a special session on Friday on the situation in Lebanon.

The draft resolution proposed by Algeria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Indonesia Jordan, Malaysia, Morocco, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Tunisia "strongly condemns grave Israeli violations of human rights and breaches of international humanitarian law in Lebanon".

It also called on Israel to "immediately stop military operations against civilian population and civilian objects resulting in death and destruction" and for the urgent dispatch of "a high level commission of inquiry".