Palestine:HRW: “Israel” Failed to Probe Gaza War Crimes

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Local Editor, 8-2-2010

Human Rights Watch said on Sunday that "Israel" has failed to properly investigate alleged crimes committed during last winter's devastating Gaza war as demanded by the United Nations.

""Israel" claims it is conducting credible and impartial investigations, but it has so far failed to make that case," said Joe Stork, HRW's New York-based group's deputy director for the Middle East.

"An independent investigation is crucial to understand why so many civilians died and to bring justice for the victims of unlawful attacks," Stork said in a statement.

Last Friday, the UN chief received a 46-page report from "Israel" in which it allegedly denied violating international law but admitted "tragic results" due to the "complexity and scale" of fighting in heavily populated areas.

The UN General Assembly in November called on "Israel" and Palestinian armed groups to investigate alleged war crimes detailed in a UN report by the former international war crimes prosecutor Richard Goldstone.

The Goldstone report had found that both "Israel" and Hamas violated the rules of war in Gaza fighting last winter.

Both denied the charges, but were told by the UN General Assembly to conduct credible investigations or face possible Security Council action.

In its war on Gaza last year, "Israel" killed and injured more than 5,000 Palestinians; most of them were children and women. "Israel" was also keen to use internationally banned phosphorus bombs in civilian populated areas, causing severe burns to hundreds of Palestinian civilians.

The "Israeli" occupation army faces accusations of killing execution-style civilians ordered out of their homes holding white flags. There are documentations of "Israeli" shooting at ambulances trying to reach killed and injured Palestinians. "Israel" reported that Hamas had fired hundreds of rockets into occupied territories during the war and the resistance group maintains it was in self defense.