UN commission accuses Israel and Hamas of war crimes
The report “disregard[s] the abhorrent use of human shields by Hamas, the deliberate Hamas strategy of placing civilians in the line of fire,” writes Israel’s mission in Geneva.
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The report “disregard[s] the abhorrent use of human shields by Hamas, the deliberate Hamas strategy of placing civilians in the line of fire,” writes Israel’s mission in Geneva.
Israel rejects findings that 'outrageously and repugnantly attempt to draw a false equivalence between IDF soldiers and Hamas terrorists,' accuses UN commission of systematic bias Both Israel and Hamas committed war crimes in the early stages of...
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