A/HRC/28/45 Comparative fatalities, injuries and displacement in Gaza escalations 2008/09 Fatalities in Gaza Strip 2012 2014 Between 1387 and 1417 174 2256 13 6 72 5300 Between 900 and 1500 11231 Fatalities in Israel/of Israelis Injuries in Gaza Strip Injuries in Israel/of Israelis 918 239 369 Approx. 90000 Approx. 27000 Approx. 500000 Houses severely damaged or destroyed in Gaza Strip 6,228 382 21921 Houses partially damaged in Gaza Strip 56646 Approx. 8000 91445 No dataa 80 No data Peak number of displaced persons in Gaza Strip Houses damaged or destroyed in Israel Sources: http://shelterpalestine. http://shelterpalestine.or www.shelterpalestine.o org/Upload/Doc/0804 g/Upload/Doc/8c3ade5f rg/Upload/Doc/8dd754 b125-6e13-49ea-830f-b82a-4ae7-bf90- 95-b24d-4aeb-80c28da090c9c64f.pdf cf93719a970f.pdf 1f4cae79e6ee.pdf a See A/HRC/12/48, paras. 1,659–1,661. 15. After the 2008/09 escalation, the report of the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (the Goldstone Report) concluded that Israel, the responsible Palestinian authorities and Palestinian armed groups had committed violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law, some amounting to “war crimes” and “crimes against humanity” (A/HRC/12/48, paras. 311–1772). Similarly, in relation to the Israeli military operation in November 2012, OHCHR documented violations of international law committed by both the Israel Defence Forces and Palestinian armed groups (A/HRC/22/35/Add.1). Numerous allegations of violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law were documented by OHCHR during the 2014 hostilities. Those findings are presented in an addendum to the High Commissioner’s annual report on the Occupied Palestinian Territory (A/HRC/28/80/Add.1). As noted in the addendum, those alleged violations can only be distinguished from the alleged violations documented in relation to the previous escalations in Gaza by their elevated number and devastating impact. It will fall to the independent commission of inquiry established under Human Rights Council resolution S-21/1 to investigate those allegations in full. 16. The alleged violations, documented by OHCHR in 2014, mirror those documented and investigated in 2008/09 and 2012, thereby underscoring the recurrent nature of the violations in Gaza and the failure of efforts to prevent their repetition. They included serious concerns about targeting decisions taken by Palestinian armed groups; indiscriminate attacks; respect for distinction and proportionality; locating military objects in civilian buildings; launching rockets from densely populated areas; and execution of suspected collaborators. 17 The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) also confirmed that weapons had been placed in vacant UNRWA schools during the 2014 escalation, in breach of the inviolability of United 17 6 A/HRC/12/48, paras. 439–498; A/HRC/22/35/Add.1, paras. 32–45.