UN Seeks Quiz On Claim Israelis Killed, Raped And Abused Women, Girls

United Nations experts have called for an investigation into what they described as “credible allegations of egregious human rights violations” against Palestinian women and girls in Gaza and the West Bank by Israeli forces, Richard Roth, Kareem El Damanhoury, and Richard Allen Greene reported for CNN.

The allegations include extrajudicial killing, arbitrary detention, degrading treatment, rape, and sexual violence.

The allegations include extrajudicial killing, arbitrary detention, degrading treatment, rape, and sexual violence, according to a statement by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.

It did not detail how they did their fact-finding, but they referred to photos of female detainees in degrading circumstances reportedly taken by Israeli troops and uploaded online.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) denied the accusations and said it adheres to international law.

“Without precise details or proof of individual cases it is not possible for us to examine them in depth,” the IDF said in a statement to CNN. Israel’s mission to the UN in Geneva also said it “forcefully rejects” what it called “despicable and unfounded claims” by the group of UN experts.

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