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The UN Human Rights Council decided Thursday to create an open-ended international investigation into violations surrounding the latest Gaza violence, and into systematic abuses in the Palestinian territories and inside Israel.
The resolution, which passed with 24 of the council s 47 members in favour, will spur an unprecedented level of scrutiny on abuses and their root causes in the decades-long Middle East conflict.
The text, which was presented by Pakistan on behalf of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, was debated during a special one-day council session focused on the surge in deadly violence this month.
Opening the session, UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet voiced particular concern about the high level of civilian fatalities and injuries from the attacks on Gaza, and warned the Israeli attacks on the enclave may constitute war crimes .
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