Minister: Israel rejects UN Gaza war probe call
Israel will not set up a special panel to investigate last winter's Gaza offensive, a Cabinet minister said Tuesday, rejecting a key demand of a UN report that accused the military of war crimes.
Information Minister Yuli Edelstein said Israel would submit a document to the UN later this week that deals only with Israel's own investigations of its conduct during the three-week war. Those investigations have been conducted by the military, which has exonerated itself of any systematic wrongdoing.
Gaza War
"To the best of my knowledge, there is no intention to create an investigative committee," Edelstein, a member of the ruling Likud party, told Israel Radio, saying he had checked with his colleagues in the Cabinet.
It was not certain that Edelstein's comments were Israel's last word on the subject. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was out of the country, and his office declined comment.
Information Minister Yuli Edelstein said Israel would submit a document to the UN later this week that deals only with Israel's own investigations of its conduct during the three-week war. Those investigations have been conducted by the military, which has exonerated itself of any systematic wrongdoing.
Gaza War
"To the best of my knowledge, there is no intention to create an investigative committee," Edelstein, a member of the ruling Likud party, told Israel Radio, saying he had checked with his colleagues in the Cabinet.
It was not certain that Edelstein's comments were Israel's last word on the subject. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was out of the country, and his office declined comment.
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