GENEVA (AP) — Lebanon filed a complaint against Israel with the U.N. labor organization over the series of deadly attacks involving the explosion of pagers, saying workers were among the dead and wounded, a Lebanese government minister said Wednesday. .

The wave of remotely set explosions that hit pagers and walkie-talkies carried by Hezbollah members in mid-September were widely blamed on Israelwho has neither confirmed nor denied his participation. The explosions that occurred in food stores, homes and streets killed at least 37 peopleincluding two children, and injured some 3,000 people, according to Lebanese authorities, deeply disturbing even Lebanese who are not affiliated with Hezbollah.

In addition to fighters, detonating devices hit workers in Hezbollah’s civilian institutions, including its healthcare and media operations.

Lebanese Labor Minister Moustafa Bayram and other officials said he traveled to Geneva and formally filed the complaint Tuesday against Israel with the International Labor Organization, a sprawling U.N. agency that brings together governments, businesses and workers.

“This method of war and conflict can open the way for many who are evading international humanitarian law to adopt this method of war,” he told reporters at the UN complex in Geneva.

“It is a very dangerous precedent, if it is not condemned,” he said. “We are in a situation where ordinary objects – objects used in daily life – become dangerous and lethal.”

Speaking in Arabic, Bayram insisted that ILO conventions guarantee the safety of workers, who “were at their workplace and suddenly their pagers or walkie-talkies exploded,” according to an interpreter.

“I don’t know where the result (of the complaint) will go, but at least we raise our voices to say and warn against this dangerous approach that attacks human relationships and generates more conflicts,” he added.

An ILO spokeswoman said she had no immediate knowledge of the complaint or what redress might be possible through it.