US investigation finds Israel committed repeated human rights violations in Gaza

A classified report by a US government watchdog has revealed “many hundreds” of potential human rights violations committed by Israel in Gaza. The report was completed just a few days before the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas. According to The Washington Post, two US officials said that the “findings would take the State Department multiple years to review.”  The findings by the State Department’s Office of Inspector General “mark the first time a US government report has acknowledged the scale of Israeli actions in Gaza,” the US paper stated.  The officials added that “the watchdog findings raised doubts about the prospects for accountability for Israel’s actions given the large backlog of incidents and the nature of the review process, which is deferential … Continue reading US investigation finds Israel committed repeated human rights violations in Gaza