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June 22, 2015

U.N. Report Finds Possible War Crimes by Israel, Palestinians in Gaza 
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The United Nations has found "serious violations of international
humanitarian law" which "may amount to war crimes" by both Israeli
forces and Palestinian militants during last summer's Israeli assault on
Gaza. The long-awaited report released earlier today said of Israel's
actions in Gaza, "impunity prevails across the board." The report also
criticized the "inherently indiscriminate nature" of Palestinian rocket
attacks. The assault killed over 2,200 Palestinians, the majority
civilians, and 73 people on the Israeli side, all but six of them
soldiers. The report is expected to guide an ongoing inquiry into
possible war crimes by the prosecutor of the International Criminal
Court.

 

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