Israel slams UN probe

Israel yesterday slammed a UN probe which concluded it was deliberately seeking to destroy health care in the Gaza Strip and abusing Palestinian detainees, branding the findings "outrageous".

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The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry (COI) said Israel had "perpetrated a concerted policy to destroy Gaza's health care system".

The country is "committing war crimes and the crime against humanity of extermination with relentless and deliberate attacks on medical personnel and facilities", it added, in a report released on Thursday.

Israel said it firmly rejected the allegations in a statement from its mission in Geneva.

"This latest report is another blatant attempt by the COI to delegitimise the very existence of the state of Israel and obstruct its right to protect its population, while covering up the crimes of terrorist organisations.