Israeli strikes may have violated laws of war, UN says

The UN Human Rights Office says Israeli air strikes in Gaza may have systematically violated the laws of war requiring that civilians and civilian infrastructure be protected.It is the conclusion of a report on what it calls six “emblematic attacks” on residential buildings, a school, refugee camps and a market between 9 October and 2 December last year.The UN says it has verified that at least 218 people were killed in the incidents and that civilian objects were destroyed.Israel’s mission in Geneva rejected the UN’s findings as “factually, legally, and methodologically…