UN human rights chief Volker Turk has said Hamas violated international law as it “indiscriminately fired projectiles into Israeli territory — amounting to war crimes”, Reuters reports.

Presenting a report by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Turk told the 58th Council that the report highlighted grave concerns that Hamas “may have committed other breaches of humanitarian law in Gaza, including the intentional co-location of military objectives and Palestinian civilians”.

He called for all violations to be investigated independently.

However, Turk raised doubts about the will of the Israeli justice system to deliver full accountability — in line with international standards, and said he was unaware of any measures taken by Hamas and other groups to punish those responsible for rights breaches.