HRW Urges International Community to Hold Israel Responsible for Killing of Palestinians in Gaza

Rasa - Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on the international community to hold accountable the Israeli regime for the cold-blooded killing of unarmed Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip, as more than 140 inhabitants of the impoverished sliver have been killed recently by the live fire of Israeli soldiers.

News ID: 438527

Date: 04 July 2018 - 17:46

RNA - According to the HRW report, senior Israeli officials approved orders to shoot at protesters who posed no imminent threat to life, acts that might amount to war crime, Middle East News reported.

It added that the Commission of Inquiry, established by the rights group, should identify those officials who sanctioned open fire regulations that violate international norms.

Since weekly mass rallies began along the Israel-Gaza border in late March, at least 140 Palestinians have been killed and 15,000 others wounded by Israeli army fire. The overwhelming majority of the dead and wounded have been unarmed, according to Gaza health officials. Two Palestinian journalists were killed while covering the protests in April and two medics including a 21-year-old were also shot dead in May and early June.

The Amnesty International has also stressed that the attacks on Palestinian protesters by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip are “willful killings constituting war crimes".

The violence was condemned by rights groups and most UN Security Council members, with even the US’ closest allies refusing to stand by Washington’s support for Tel Aviv.

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