Israeli forces may have repeatedly violated fundamental principles of the laws of war and failed to distinguish between civilians and combatants during their military campaign in the Gaza Strip, the UN human rights office said today. In a report on six Israeli attacks that caused a large number of casualties and destroyed civilian infrastructure, the UN human rights office said that Israeli forces “may have systematically violated the principles of discrimination, proportionality and precautions in attacks”. “The requirement to choose means and methods of warfare that avoid or at least minimize harm to civilians appears to have been consistently violated in Israel’s bombing campaign,” said High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk. Last week the UN human rights office announced that the killing of civilians during an Israeli operation to free four hostages could constitute a war crime, but so could […]
Source: News Beast
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