Israel to cooperate conditionally with UN Gaza war inquiry

Israel has said that it is prepared to cooperate with the UN Gaza war inquiry committee formed by Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in order to investigate Israeli attacks on UN facilities during the bombardment and invasion in July and August.

According to Israel Radio, the Israeli ambassador to the UN sent a message to this effect to Mr Ban. The station also quoted sources in the Israeli Foreign Ministry which said that Israel’s cooperation “is conditional”, although the details of the conditions were not given.

Two weeks ago Israel announced that it would not cooperate with a panel formed by the UN Human Rights Council to investigate possible violations during the war. However, the Secretary General decided to form an internal committee to investigate certain incidents that occurred in the Gaza Strip between July 8th and August 26th.