Jerusalem ( CNN ) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed the resignation Tuesday of the head of a U.N. inquiry into alleged war crimes during last summer 's conflict between Israel and Hamas militants in Gaza . Netanyahu said that Prof. William Schabas `` was biased against Israel '' and that the commission of inquiry 's as yet unpublished report was written at the behest of the U.N. Human Rights Council , which the Prime Minister described as `` an anti-Israel body . '' He said the report , due to be presented to the U.N. Human Rights Council in March , should be shelved . `` This is the same council that in 2014 made more decisions against Israel than against Iran , Syria and North Korea combined , '' he added . Netanyahu said that Israel acted in accordance with international law during Operation Protective Edge and that it was `` Hamas , the other terrorist organizations and the terrorist regimes around us that need to be investigated , not Israel . '' Israel 's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman also accused Schabas of bias -- saying his nomination was `` like appointing Cain to investigate who murdered Abel '' -- and welcomed his resignation , describing it as `` another achievement of Israeli diplomacy . '' Schabas , a Canadian-born professor of international law based in London , was appointed by the U.N. Human Rights Council to head the three-person commission of inquiry in August . The council said its task was `` to investigate all violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law in the Occupied Palestinian Territory , including East Jerusalem , particularly in the occupied Gaza Strip , in the context of the military operations conducted since 13 June 2014 . '' This includes looking at the activities of Palestinian armed groups in Gaza , including attacks on Israel , as well as the Israeli military operation in Gaza and the West Bank , it said . The United Nations has said more than 2,100 Palestinians were killed in the conflict in Gaza . According to U.N. estimates , at least 70 % of the Palestinians killed were civilians , but Israel reports a higher number of militants among the dead . On the Israeli side , there were 68 casualties , 65 of them soldiers and three civilians .
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says William Schabas ` ` was biased against Hamas '' Schabas was the subject of a parliamentary inquiry into alleged security violations in Israel last year .