The left-wing will heed the Human Rights Watch report that highlights Israel's war crimes on Gaza but they will give less attention when HRW calls out Hamas for their war crimes.
More than 4,360 unguided rockets and mortars were fired, Israel says, killing 13 people there. Many fell short, killing Palestinians in Gaza. One misfire above the city of Jabalya which it investigated killed seven civilians including two children and injured 15.
"The rockets and mortars that Palestinian armed groups fired lack guidance systems and are prone to misfire, making them extremely inaccurate and thus inherently indiscriminate when directed toward areas with civilians. Launching such rockets to attack civilian areas is a war crime. Hamas authorities should stop trying to justify unlawful rocket attacks that indiscriminately kill and injure civilians by pointing to Israel's violations," Eric Goldstein, HRW acting Middle East and North Africa director, said. "The laws of war are meant to protect all civilians from harm."
HRW has called on the ICC to include Palestinian rocket attacks and Israeli airstrikes during the most recent Gaza war in its ongoing investigation into possible war crimes by Israel and Palestinian militants.
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