Zionist Regime Blocks Visit of UN Human Rights Envoy
It was the second time Makarim Wibisono, the UN's special rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, had been barred entry, AFP reported.
The UN Human Rights Council, to which Wibisono reports, has been conducting an investigation into the Zionist crimes during last year's conflict.
Its report is expected to be published in the coming days, and the council is scheduled to debate it on June 29.
The UN's human rights chief, speaking at the opening of the council's 29th session in Geneva on Monday, confirmed the publication was imminent.
"It is my hope the report will pave the way for justice to be done to all civilians who fell victim to the fighting last year, by holding to account those alleged to have committed grave and other serious violations of international humanitarian law," High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein said.
The war killed 2,200 Palestinians, mostly civilians including 500 children, and 73 on the Israeli side, mostly soldiers.
While Wibisono reports to the council, his visit was for a separate, annual assessment in the occupied Palestinian territories, including the West Bank and east Jerusalem.
Israel barred him from entering last year for a similar visit.
The UN has said Israel was responsible for the deadly bombing of several UN institutions, including schools, in which displaced Palestinian civilians were sheltering.
Israel has long had a stormy relationship with the UNHRC and fiercely opposed the Gaza probe from the start.
