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July 23, 2014

U.N. Rights Chief Says Israel Likely Committing War Crimes; Amnesty Calls for Probe 
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Speaking at the U.N. Human Rights Council, Navi Pillay, the U.N. high
commissioner for human rights, said there is a "strong possibility"
Israel has committed war crimes in Gaza. Pillay cited Israel's deadly
attack on residential homes in the Shejaiya neighborhood and the
shelling of the al-Aqsa Hospital. Her comments come one day after
Amnesty International also called for Israel to be investigated for war
crimes.

Nadia Boehlen, Amnesty International spokesperson: "Most of them are
civilians, and under them we have children, we have women. Yesterday,
the al-Qashar Hospital was attacked, with four people that were dead,
dozens wounded. So there is a strong allegation of crime wars committed
by Israel. In order to establish these war crimes, we ask now for a
strong international inquiry. This has to be done in order to eventually
transfer Israel in front of the International Criminal Court."

 

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