Afghanistan, Nov. 1 -- A classified U.S. government report confirms hundreds of human rights violations by Israeli forces in Gaza, marking Washington's first formal acknowledgment of such abuses.
A classified U.S. government assessment has concluded that Israeli forces may have committed "hundreds" of potential human rights violations in Gaza, according to two American officials familiar with the document. They said the State Department's review of these cases could take "several years" to complete.
The confidential report marks the first time a U.S. government document has acknowledged the scale of alleged abuses by Israeli forces that could fall under the Leahy Law-a statute prohibiting U.S. military aid to foreign units implicated in s...