The United Nations said Friday the detonation of hand-held communication devices in Lebanon could constitute a war crime as Beirut's top diplomat accused Israel of orchestrating what he called a "terror" attack.

Weaponizing ordinary communication devices represents a new development in warfare, and targeting thousands of Lebanese people using pagers, two-way radios and electronic equipment without their knowledge is a violation of international human rights law,

The UN human rights chief on Friday denounced the booby-trapped device attacks in Lebanon, stating that they constitute a breach of international human rights law and could amount to a war crime. Volker Turk told the Security Council,