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De hoogste de rechten van de mensambtenaar van de V.N., die aan het recente geweld tussen Israël en de Palestijnen reageert, heeft een onderzoek van de gemelde moord van dozens burgers, met inbegrip van kinderen, in Gaza door Israëlische militair verzocht.

Terwijl het erkennen van het recht van Israël te verdedigen, veroordeelde de Hoge Commissaris van de V.N. voor Arbour van Louise van Rechten van de mens de Israëlische Defensie onevenredige gebruik van de Kracht het „van kracht,“ in een verklaring die vandaag in Genève wordt uitgegeven, dat ook bij het Hoofdkwartier van de V.N. in New York werd verdeeld.

“Israel, as the occupying power, bears a particular responsibility under international human rights and humanitarian law to protect the civilian population and civilian installations in Gaza,” the statement added.

She called on the Israeli Government “to conduct impartial investigations into the killings of civilians, make the findings public and hold any perpetrators accountable.”

Ms. Arbour also strongly condemned the rocket attacks by Palestinian militants against Israeli civilian targets, stressing that they are in clear violation of international humanitarian law and “those responsible must be held to account.”

The UN estimates that at least 59 Palestinians ­ including 39 civilians ­ were killed last Saturday in Gaza and hundreds more injured. In addition, two Israeli soldiers are reported to have been killed in the fighting and an Israeli civilian was killed in Sderot following a rocket attack and at least five other civilians were injured in Ashkelon.

Both Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Security Council  which met in emergency session over the weekend have condemned the escalating violence in the Gaza Strip and southern Israel.

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