Leon Panetta, the former head of the CIA, said that the indiscriminate nature of these attacks makes him consider these attacks to be a form of terrorism:
Volker Türk, the UN commission for human rights "explained that international law prohibits the use of booby-trapped items used in daily life, and 'it is a war crime to commit violence intended to spread terror among civilians.'"
https://thehill.com/policy/international/4893900-leon-panett...
Volker Türk, the UN commission for human rights "explained that international law prohibits the use of booby-trapped items used in daily life, and 'it is a war crime to commit violence intended to spread terror among civilians.'"
https://newrepublic.com/post/186244/leon-panetta-israel-leba...
Also covered by Human Rights Watch here criticizing the indiscriminate nature of the attacks means they were against IHL:
https://www.hrw.org/the-day-in-human-rights/2024/09/19