Amnesty accuses Israel of war crimes

ISRAEL committed war crimes, including unlawful killings, in Jenin and Nablus during a broad military offensive in the West Bank towns earlier this year, Amnesty International said yesterday.

The Israeli military said the offensive was launched in self-defence, in response to Palestinian terror attacks on Israeli civilians.

London- based Amnesty said there is "clear evidence that some of the acts committed by the Israel Defence Forces during Operation Defence Shield were war crimes."