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                       UN Unveils Panel to Probe Gaza War

   by VOA News

   United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has formed a board of
   inquiry to probe Israeli attacks on U.N. shelters during the recent
   Gaza war, and the discovery of Hamas weaponry at some U.N. sites.

   U.N. spokesman Farhan Haq said the five-member board will be chaired by
   Ban's former military adviser, retired Dutch Major-General Patrick
   Cammaert.  Haq described the probe as an "internal and independent"
   inquiry limited to incidents between July 8 and August 26.

   The world body says more than 2,100 Palestinians - most of them
   civilians - were killed in the 52-day conflict, including 500
   children.  Additionally, more than 200 Gaza schools were struck and
   thousands of residents left homeless.  Israel maintains that Hamas
   militants used schools - including those converted to civilian shelters
   - to store weapons.

   Seventy-two Israelis also perished in cross-border rocket attacks by
   Hamas militants.

   The U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva has set up a separate
   commission of inquiry, headed by a Canadian lawyer.
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