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| UN rebukes Israel over Gaza raids | UN rebukes Israel over Gaza raids |
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| A United Nations inquiry into attacks by Israeli forces on UN property during the Gaza conflict four months ago has heavily criticised Israel's army. | A United Nations inquiry into attacks by Israeli forces on UN property during the Gaza conflict four months ago has heavily criticised Israel's army. |
| It found Israel to blame in six out of nine incidents when death or injury were caused to people sheltering at UN property and UN buildings were damaged. | |
| In one case, Palestinian militants were found to have fired at a UN warehouse. | In one case, Palestinian militants were found to have fired at a UN warehouse. |
| The UN recommends further investigation into possible war crimes. Israel has branded the report "highly unbalanced". | The UN recommends further investigation into possible war crimes. Israel has branded the report "highly unbalanced". |
| The investigation rejects Israel's claim that militants were firing from the Fakhura school when at least 40 people outside the school were killed in shellfire. | The investigation rejects Israel's claim that militants were firing from the Fakhura school when at least 40 people outside the school were killed in shellfire. |
| The board of inquiry also criticises Israel's use of white phosphorous shells which caused the incineration of the UN's main food warehouse in Gaza. | |
| Israeli criticism | |
| The Israeli foreign ministry said UN investigators had ignored evidence given by Israel and had sided with the Palestinian Hamas movement. | The Israeli foreign ministry said UN investigators had ignored evidence given by Israel and had sided with the Palestinian Hamas movement. |
| "The spirit of the report and its language are tendentious and entirely unbalanced and ignore the facts as they were presented to the commission," it said in a statement. | "The spirit of the report and its language are tendentious and entirely unbalanced and ignore the facts as they were presented to the commission," it said in a statement. |
| UN REPORT'S MAIN FINDINGS Israeli army responsible in six cases in which UN property was damaged and UN staff and other civilians hurt or killedNo military activity was carried out from within UN premises in any of the incidentsIsraeli military's actions "involved varying degrees of negligence or recklessness"Israeli military took "inadequate" precautions to protect UN premises and civilians inside Case studies: Weapons use | |
| "The commission prefers the positions of Hamas, a murderous terror organization, and by doing so misleads the world public." | "The commission prefers the positions of Hamas, a murderous terror organization, and by doing so misleads the world public." |
| The BBC's Laura Trevelyan at the UN says it is a hard-hitting report which includes heavy criticism of the Israeli military's actions and subsequent explanations and justifications. | The BBC's Laura Trevelyan at the UN says it is a hard-hitting report which includes heavy criticism of the Israeli military's actions and subsequent explanations and justifications. |
| The UN board's first recommendation seeks "formal acknowledgment" by Israel that its public statements that Palestinians fired from a UN school and from within the UN's field office compound "were untrue and are regretted". | The UN board's first recommendation seeks "formal acknowledgment" by Israel that its public statements that Palestinians fired from a UN school and from within the UN's field office compound "were untrue and are regretted". |
| Another says the UN should take appropriate action to seek accountability and reparation for all deaths and injuries involving its personnel and property. | Another says the UN should take appropriate action to seek accountability and reparation for all deaths and injuries involving its personnel and property. |
| The report says Israel's actions were in breach of the agreement that UN premises and those sheltering within them should be immune from attack, something which cannot be set aside for military action. | The report says Israel's actions were in breach of the agreement that UN premises and those sheltering within them should be immune from attack, something which cannot be set aside for military action. |
| The board says investigating the deaths of the 40 people killed outside the Fakhura school is outside its remit. | The board says investigating the deaths of the 40 people killed outside the Fakhura school is outside its remit. |
| It recommends that this and allegations of war crimes committed in Gaza and southern Israel by Palestinian militants and Israel should be investigated by another inquiry. | It recommends that this and allegations of war crimes committed in Gaza and southern Israel by Palestinian militants and Israel should be investigated by another inquiry. |
| UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has stressed this report is not a legal document. |