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A torn stuffed bear doll lies scattered among rubble and debris at the site of an Israeli airstrike in the village of Aito, northern Lebanon, Oct. 15, 2024.

The United Nations has called for an investigation into an Israeli attack on a village in northern Lebanon that killed at least 21 people.

According to the Lebanese Red Cross, Monday's attack on the village of Aitou destroyed an entire building housing people fleeing the bombardment in southern Lebanon.

The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said 12 women and two children were among those killed.

The UN has “real concerns about (international humanitarian law), i.e. the laws of war and the principles of distinction, proportionality and proportionality,” OHCHR spokesman Jeremy Laurence said on Tuesday.

He added that the agency was calling for “an immediate, independent and thorough investigation into this incident.”

More context: Aitou, about 100 kilometers north of Beirut, is in the Zgharta district with a predominantly Christian population. According to Lebanon's National News Agency (NNA), it is the first time the village has been attacked since the current war began a year ago.

Photos after the strike show damaged cars and houses reduced to rubble.

Later on Monday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it had struck a Hezbollah target in the area, adding: “The claim that Lebanese civilians were killed as a result of the attack is currently being verified.”