Amnesty accuses Israel of Gaza war crimes over high-rise attacks

Tel Aviv (dpa) - Israel committed war crimes in the summer's Gaza war, especially during its last days when it bombed landmark high-rise buildings, Amnesty International claimed on Tuesday.

Amnesty called the Israeli airstrikes on four multi-storey towers during the last days of the campaign "deliberate and direct attacks on civilian buildings."

In a new report, the human rights group demanded an independent and impartial investigation.

"All the evidence we have shows this large-scale destruction was carried out deliberately and with no military justification," said Philip Luther, Amnesty's Middle East and North Africa Programme director.

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