A 16-member United Nations committee charged with following up on the Gold-stone report on the Gaza war arrived in the Gaza Strip on Aug. 14, the French news service AFP reported.
After entering Gaza through the Rafah crossing with Egypt, the committee members were scheduled to spend three days in Gaza and evaluate judicial procedures that Israel and the Palestinians can take in light of the Goldstone report.
The Goldstone commission report, headed by former South African Judge Richard Goldstone, accused the Israelis and the Palestinians of war crimes and possible crimes against humanity during the Gaza war in late 2008 and last year.
The Goldstone report recommended that if Israel and Hamas do not conduct credible investigations, then it will transfer its findings to the International Criminal Court in the Hague, AFP reported. Israel’s military has completed its investigations in all but one of 30 cases singled out in the Goldstone report, the Israel Defense Forces said, according to the Jerusalem Post. — jta