(VOVworld) – Israel is likely to have committed war crimes in Gaza, Human Rights Watch said Thursday, a day after the army announced five criminal investigations into incidents involving Israel’s forces.
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| Palestinian men walk on the rubble of their destroyed houses in the Tufah neighbourhood of eastern Gaza City on August 31, 2014 (AFP Photo/Mahmud Hams) |
The New York-based rights watchdog said in a statement that in three cases it examined, Israel caused "numerous civilian casualties in violation of the laws of war".
The incidents were the separate shellings of two UN schools in northern Gaza on July 24 and 30, and a guided missile strike on another UN school in the southern city of Rafah on August 3. The attacks killed a total of 45 people including 17 children.