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March 17, 2009

UN Urged to Investigate War Crimes Committed in Gaza
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A group of sixteen of the world’s leading war crimes investigators and
judges have sent a letter to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon calling
for the United Nations to launch a full inquiry into war crimes
committed during Israel’s attack on Gaza. The letter’s signatories
include Archbishop Desmond Tutu and former UN High Commissioner for
Human Rights Mary Robinson. According to the Palestinian Centre for
Human Rights, 1,434 Palestinians were killed in the Israeli assault,
including 960 civilians. Thirteen Israelis died in the war, including
three civilians killed by Hamas rockets.



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