By IRNA,
Berlin : European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana called for an international investigation of Israeli war crimes in Gaza.
Talking to the German Deutschlandfunk radio station Saturday , Solana said no one could really reject such a probe.
“No one can hinder such an investigation,” he added.
Solana’s latest statements followed Germany’s opposition on Friday to such a probe.
Talking at a regular government press briefing in Berlin, deputy foreign ministry spokesman Andreas Peschke questioned the need for such an inquiry, while pointing to the fragile ceasefire in Gaza.
“We have to ask ourselves what concrete added value such a step would have,” the official said.
Peschke said he expected Israel to follow up on international war crime allegations against the Jewish state.
He stressed the focal point of attention should be on humanitarian assistance and reconstruction rather than an investigation of Israel’s military actions in Gaza.
The UN and numerous human rights organizations have demanded an international probe of Israel’s military onslaught in Gaza, including the use of phosphor bombs and the shelling of UN installations.
A staunch ally of Israel, Germany had strongly supported the Israeli genocide in Gaza, branding it “legitimate self-defense.”