Both the Israelis and the Palestinians may have committed war crimes during last summer’s clashes between both sides’ armed groups, according to a new U.N. report.
An independent commission “was able to gather substantial information pointing to serious violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law by Israel and by Palestinian armed groups. In some cases, these violations may amount to war crimes,” the U.N. said.
The report specifically pointed toward civilian casualties on both sides and a failure by both to prevent them.
The Palestinians’ extrajudicial executions of alleged “collaborators” could also be considered a war crime, the report said.
The report also called on Israel to “break with its lamentable track record” and hold wrongdoers responsible.
Last summer, more than 2,200 Palestinians — including hundreds of civilians — were killed during the fighting. Seventy-three people died on the Israeli side.
(h/t CNN, the Guardian)
