Human Rights Council in Gaza to investigate possible abuses by Israel , Hamas . Three - day conflict between the two sides ended January 18 . Thirteen soldiers and more than 100 Palestinians were killed . Israel launched its offensive in Gaza with the stated intent of stopping a barrage of rockets -- primarily short-range homemade Qassam rockets -- fired from the territory into southern Israel by Hamas fighters . Israeli government is not sending investigators .
Human Rights Council in Gaza to investigate possible abuses by Israel , Hamas . Three - day conflict between the two sides ended January 18 . Thirteen soldiers and more than 100 Palestinians were killed . Israeli government is not sending investigators .