JERUSALEM: Israel said yesterday it would cooperate with a United Nations investigation into Israeli attacks on UN facilities during last summer’s Gaza war and the use of UN sites by Palestinian militants to store weapons.
Last week, Israel had said it would not cooperate with a separate UN Human Rights Council investigation into alleged war crimes committed during the July-August conflict, adding its findings were predetermined and accusing its Chairman, Canadian academic, William Schabas, of bias against Tel Aviv.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Paul Hirschson said unlike that probe, the inquiry established by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was “an authentic investigation with potential for us to improve our performance in the course of conflict and learn from our mistakes.”
During the war at least six UN-run facilities were hit by Israeli fire, killing at least two dozen people. Ban, in a statement on July 23, condemned the discovery of rockets at a UN-administered school.
Reuters
