Desmond Tutu will head the UN Human Rights Council fact-finding mission into the attack on Beit Hanoun that killed 19 Palestinian civilians. Part of the mission is to make recommendations on ways and means to protect Palestinian civilians against further Israeli assaults. Israel claims the attack, caused by Israeli military operations in Gaza, was the result of a technical error. Israel has apologized. A progress report is due no later than mid-December.
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