United Nations: The UN Human Rights Council on Wednesday ordered a probe into Israel’s offensive on Gaza.
India along with Brazil, Russia, China and South Africa voted in favour of the Palestinian-drafted resolution on “Ensuring respect for international law in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, including East Jerusalem”.
Israel’s close ally US was the only one of the 47 member states to oppose the probe supported by 29 countries.
Describing the UNHCR as a “kangaroo court”, Israel slammed the move as a “travesty”. “This investigation by a kangaroo court is a foregone conclusion,” the Prime Minister's Office said.
Taking a dig at the UNHCR decision, Israel's foreign minister Avigdor Liberman labelled the UN body as the “council for the rights of terrorists”.
Meanwhile, amid frantic efforts to put an end to the bloodshed in Gaza, Israel pressed on with its relentless bombardment of Hamas-ruled territory as the raging conflict that has killed over 770 Palestinians and 34 Israelis showed no signs of abating.
Israel focused its attacks on southeast of Gaza, with residents fleeing areas which came under heavy bombing. Over 70 people were killed in Gaza on Thursday.
Elsewhere US airlines lifted a flight ban to Israel. The ban was lifted just hours after US Secretary of State John Kerry wrapped up talks in Jerusalem and Ramallah and returned to Cairo to continue pushing regional efforts for a truce.
