UN says Israeli troops, armed Palestinians may have committed war crimes in raid that freed hostages

The United Nations on Tuesday said that war crimes may have been committed by both Israeli forces and Palestinian fighters when Israel rescued four hostages from Gaza over the weekend in a deadly battle that killed at least 274 people. Jeremy Laurence, spokesperson for the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, said he was “profoundly shocked at the impact on civilians” when Israeli forces rescued the hostages at the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza. “The …