Bethlehem - Ma'an/Agencies - Israeli rights groups found that Israeli forces used “human shields” during the war on Gaza which began December 2008, a report said.
The study, by the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel and the Adalah legal rights organization, was obtained by Israeli news site Ynet, which said the findings echoed the UN fact finding mission headed by Judge Richard Goldstone.
The new report, which was dismissed by an Israeli army spokesman, features testimonies of Palestinians forced to enter homes at gunpoint ahead of Israeli soldiers, and of detainees suffering acts of torture during interrogation, Ynet said.
In a statement Tuesday, the Israeli army said that in 27 out of 30 incidents the UN report described as “grave breaches” of the Fourth Geneva Convention, internal investigations concluded that “legal measures would not be taken.”
The study, by the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel and the Adalah legal rights organization, was obtained by Israeli news site Ynet, which said the findings echoed the UN fact finding mission headed by Judge Richard Goldstone.
The new report, which was dismissed by an Israeli army spokesman, features testimonies of Palestinians forced to enter homes at gunpoint ahead of Israeli soldiers, and of detainees suffering acts of torture during interrogation, Ynet said.
In a statement Tuesday, the Israeli army said that in 27 out of 30 incidents the UN report described as “grave breaches” of the Fourth Geneva Convention, internal investigations concluded that “legal measures would not be taken.”
