article_snippet: Amnesty International has concluded that Hamas committed war crimes during the 2014 Gaza conflict by firing rockets 'indiscriminately' at civilian areas and using non-combatants as human shields. '
article_snippet: In launching these attacks, [Palestinian jihadis] displayed a flagrant disregard for international humanitarian law and for the consequences of [Palestinian jihadis] violations on civilians in both Israel and the Gaza Strip,' said Philip Luther, Amnesty's director for the Middle East and North Africa.
article_snippet: Amnesty International has found that Palestinian militants displayed 'flagrant disregard for international humanitarian law' by firing rockets from civilian areas into civilian areas .
article_snippet: Amnesty International described them as 'indiscriminate', and said that them killed more Palestinians than Israelis when them misfired .
article_snippet: the Amnesty report confirmed that during the 50-day war, Palestinian terrorists launched unguided rockets and mortars from civilian areas toward other civilian areas, constituting a breach of international law.
article_snippet: Militant groups used unguided projectiles which were 'inherently indiscriminate,' the Amnesty report said, noting that this is 'prohibited under international law' and 'constitutes a war crime'.
article_snippet: Luther demanded that Palestinian armed groups 'end all direct attacks on civilians', and take all feasible precautions 'to protect civilians in the Gaza Strip from the effects of such attacks', including launching attacks 'within or near densely populated areas.'
article_snippet: Other war crimes committed by Palestinian terrorists  included storing munitions in civilian buildings and U.N. schools and launching attacks from areas densely populated with civilians, effectively using Other war crimes committed by Palestinian terrorists   as human shields.
article_snippet: Luther called on both Israeli and Palestinian authorities to cooperate with U.N. and International Criminal Court probes 'to end decades of impunity that have perpetuated a cycle of violations in which civilians on both sides have paid a heavy price'.
highlights_snippet: Palestinian jihadis fired rockets indiscriminately at civilians, from civilian areas, which constitutes a war crime .
  
highlights_snippet: The militants displayed 'a flagrant disregard for international humanitarian law', said Philip Luther, Amnesty's director for the Middle East .