In Israel and the Occupied Territories, Amnesty International has accused both Israel and Hamas of committing “war crimes” during Israel’s three-week attack on the Gaza Strip. In a new report, Amnesty says Israel carried out the “wanton destruction” of Gaza. Amnesty researcher Donatella Rovera rejected Israeli claims that Hamas used Gaza residents as human shields, saying the evidence points only to Israeli forces committing that crime.

Donatella Rovera: “Israeli forces have very sophisticated, very precise weapons that can take out a target moving, a moving vehicle. So, you know, there is no reason to carry out such indiscriminate attack. We did not find any Palestinians who said that they had personally been used as human shields by Hamas forces. We did find some who had been used in such a manner by Israeli forces, though.”

Hamas officials have criticized Amnesty International for suggesting parity between the Israeli attack that killed more than 1,400 Palestinians, most of them civilians, and the Palestinian response that led to thirteen Israeli deaths, including three civilians.