UN report on Israel's 2014 assault on Gaza decries unprecedented human suffering

A United Nations report into the Israeli assault on Gaza in July 2014 which was released Monday decried the devastation and human suffering incurred on the Palestinians by the Israelis, stating that it was unprecedented and will impact generations to come.

The 51 day Israeli assault killed more than 2,140 Palestinians, most of them civilians, while only 73 people on the Israeli side were killed, mostly soldiers.

The widely anticipated report also criticised both Israel and Hamas for "committing war crimes" during last year's assault on Gaza.

The Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza offensive announced it had gathered "substantial information" and "credible allegations" that both sides had committed war crimes during the conflict, which killed more than 2,140 Palestinians, most of them civilians, and 73 people on the Israeli side, mostly soldiers.

"The extent of the devastation and human suffering in Gaza was unprecedented and will impact generations to come," the chair of the commission, New York judge Mary McGowan Davis, said in a statement.

The report decried the "huge firepower" used in Gaza, with Israel launching more than 6,000 airstrikes and firing 50,000 artillery shells during the 51-day assault.

A third of the civilians killed were Palestinian children.

According to the report, Hamas fired 4,881 rockets and 1,753 mortars towards Israel, killing six civilians and injuring at least 1,600 others.......AFP.......http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/133408.aspx
22/6/15
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