(MENAFN- QNA) Human Rights Watch accused Thursday Israel of committing war crime during its latest aggression on Gaza Strip.
New York-based organisation came to the conclusion after an investigation it carried out into attacks on or near three UN-run schools housing displaced Palestinians, saying that no military targets were apparent in or around the schools, and that some of the attacks were "indiscriminate."
"The Israeli army carried out attacks on or near three schools, knowing that hundreds of people were taking shelter in them, killing and wounding scores of civilians," Fred Abrahams, special adviser at Human Rights Watch, said in a statement. "Israel has offered no convincing explanation for these attacks on schools where people had gone for protection and the resulting carnage," he added.
The organisation also said investigations, on two Israeli attacks which killed 45 people including 17 children, showed that the strikes were not targetting military posts adding that the strikes were unlawfully disproportionate.
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