Amnesty Intl accuses Israel of war crimes
Wednesday, 29 July 2015
Amnesty International says there is "strong evidence" Israel committed war crimes in Gaza following the capture of a soldier by Hamas in last year's war.
Its report says at least 135 civilians were killed in a bombardment of Rafah after Lt Hadar Goldin was seized on 1 August. He was later declared dead.
Amnesty said Israel employed a "'gloves-off' policy with devastating consequences for civilians".
Israel dismissed the report as "fundamentally flawed" and one-sided.
The conflict lasted for 50 days between July and August, and ended in a truce.
On the Palestinian side, 2,251 people, 1,462 of them civilians, were killed, the UN says. On the Israeli side, 67 soldiers were killed along with six civilians.
Israel says it launched the offensive on Gaza to put an end to rocket fire and remove the threat of attacks by militants tunnelling under the border, a BBC report said.