Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Navi Pillay says 'strong possibility' of Israeli war crimes

The Guardian

"......Speaking at the UN human rights council, Navi Pillay said there was a "strong possibility" that Israel had committed war crimes, calling for a proper and independent investigation into the following incidents:
  • an Israeli strike on 13 July that reportedly killed two women in wheelchairs and injured four other patients in a centre for persons with disabilities in Beit Lahia (see picture below).
  • the destruction of family residences during the assault on Shuja’iya, including information suggesting that on 20 July, a house was hit by several artillery shells, killing seven members of a single family (including four women and two children) and one neighbour, who had sought refuge in the house. She said: "My staff are continuing to document several other cases, in which family residences were destroyed with reported loss of civilian life, and in which preliminary indications suggest not even a single member of an armed group was present."
  • shells that hit the al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah on 21 Julyreportedly killing at least three people and wounding dozens of others, including doctors......"
A damaged wheelchair is seen in the ruins of building of Beit Lahia Disability and Rehabilitation Services destroyed in air attacks staged by Israel army within the scope of "Operation Protective Edge" in Gaza City on 12 July, 2014. Photograph: 

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