Operation Summer Rains June 2006: 416 Palestinians killed (around 100 children).
On July 20, Paul Hunt, the UN Human Rights Council’s Special Rapporteur claimed that the Israeli attacks on Gaza constitute a violation of international humanitarian law, and called for an independent inquiry into war crimes in Gaza by Israel
Operation “Autumn Clouds” 1 November 2006: Fifty-three Palestinians were killed.
On that occasion Israel refused to cooperate with the UN Human Rights Council and obstructed any international investigation into the matter. A Human Rights Council mandated mission which was to have been led by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, was refused to enter Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory. On 11 November the United States vetoed a Security Council draft resolution calling for the establishment of a fact-finding mission into the events of 8 November in Beit Hanoun.
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