The report by the Independent Commission of Inquiry Established Pursuant to [the UN’s ] Human Rights Council has been published, detailing the conduct of both Israel and Hamas during Operation Protective Edge, Israel’s 50-day war with Hamas over the summer of 2014.
The report laments in its opening pages Israel’s lack of cooperation with the commission. The commission was initially headed by Canadian jurist William Schabas. Israel considers Schabas, who worked as legal adviser to the PLO, biased against it and refused to cooperate with the commission. The government refused to cooperate with the commission even after McGowan Davis, who is considered more balanced in her views, replaced Schabas.
Decrying the tragic loss of life on both sides, the report takes to task the use of unguided rockets by Hamas during the war:
The absence of any possible military advantage resulting from rockets that cannot be directed at a military objective, coupled with statements by Palestinian armed groups, strongly suggest that the primary purpose of the rocket attacks was to spread terror among the civilian population, in violation of international humanitarian law.
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