UN report on nine attacks on UN property during the Gaza onslaught has been watered down, critics say, from a 188-page critique of Israel to a more legalistic 27-page document. From Inter Press Service:
In the case of the UNRWA Jabalia School, the [Board of Inquiry]
concluded "that the precautions which the IDF may have taken as regards
the U.N. premises were inadequate, while the responsibility of the
parties with respect to the many civilians killed and injured outside
the school, were to be assessed in accordance with the rules and
principles of international humanitarian law, and requires further
investigation."
At the time of the attacks, the IDF defended its actions by
saying that its military strikes were a response to Hamas mortar fire
within the school premises, and that Hamas militants were hiding in, or
had taken over the school.
The BoI report said it "found that these allegations were
untrue, continued to be made after it ought to have been known that
they were untrue, and were not adequately withdrawn and publicly
regretted."
The Board also noted that at the time of the writing of the
report, the allegation that there was firing from the UNRWA Jabalia
school "remained on the website of the (Israeli) Ministry of Foreign
Affairs."
