人权组织要求调查以色列杀害平民案

Rights group Amnesty International is calling for an investigation into the Israeli military's actions during its 50-day war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

In a new report Wednesday, Amnesty says Israel carried out an "uNPRecedented number of attacks on inhabited homes," causing an "appalling" scale of death and destruction.

The fighting in July and August killed more than 2,100 Palestinians in Gaza, most of them civilians, along with 67 Israeli soldiers and six civilians.

Amnesty's report cites both sides for committing serious human rights violations, but focuses on Israeli bombings of occupied buildings in Gaza.  It says Israel did not take necessary precautions to ensure the attacks would not harm civilians.

Phillip Luther, Amnesty's Middle East and North Africa director, said Israeli forces showed "callous indifference" for the destruction they caused along with a "shocking disregard" for Palestinians not involved in the fighting.

Israel has not responded to the report.