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Islamic Hamas movement on Sunday rejected the Israeli decision to investigate the last Israeli large-scale military operation that was waged on the Gaza Strip in early July and lasted for 50 days.
Fawzi Barhoum, Hamas spokesman in Gaza said in an emailed press statement that forming an Israeli investigation committee to probe the last Israeli war on Gaza "aims at hiding the truth and the facts."
"Forming an Israeli investigation committee is to prevent the international community's probing committees, mainly the United Nations' one from unveiling the truth and the facts of committing war crimes," said Barhoum.
He went on saying that "it is unreasonable and unaccepted that the real criminal become the criminal and the judge on the same time," adding that "in the past, the Israeli courts were finding the real criminals not guilty."
In July 8, Israel waged a 50-day large-scale military air and ground operation on the Gaza Strip killing around 2,150 Palestinians and wounding 11,000 others. The offensive left tens of thousands of displaced that lost their homes.
The offensive ended after Egypt brokered a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Gaza Hamas-led militants. However, the indirect talks that Egypt brokered, to reinforce the ceasefire, haven't been finalized yet.
"What is needed now is to give enough space for the international probing committees to come to Gaza and make a real investigation on the ground and listen to the victims, eyewitnesses and their families," said Barhoum.
The Israeli military attorney instructed to the Israeli police to investigate the death circumstances in five separate Israeli bombings on the Gaza Strip that killed five Palestinians during the offensive, according to Israel Radio. Enditem
