The London-based human rights group Amnesty International demanded a UN probe into the Israeli killings of Palestinians in the West Bank and Jerusalem, according to a statement published on the group's website Monday.
Bloody confrontations between Palestinians and Israeli troops claimed the lives of more than 90, and left thousands injured.
"Amnesty International is calling on the United Nations to establish urgently an independent international investigation, to include criminal justice experts known for their impartiality and integrity, to investigate all killings of civilians that took place since 29 September in Israel, the occupied territories and south Lebanon," said the statement.
The statement added that the "investigation should properly include ballistic, forensic or other technical experts that may be required. It should report to the Commission on Human Rights, the General Assembly and the Security Council, and the authorities concerned should be obliged to cooperate fully with the investigation."
The rights group sent a delegation to Palestinian territories, and held several meetings with Palestinian officials to probe the Israeli aggression against Palestinians.
"In many cases, Israeli security forces apparently used firearms when their lives and the lives of others were not in imminent danger. However, according to internationally adopted principles, law enforcement officials shall only use firearms if other means remain ineffective, or without any promise of achieving the intended result," the group said in the statement.
In some instances, the group said, Israeli security forces impeded wounded persons from receiving access to medical assistance.
Security forces also reportedly fired on people helping to remove the wounded, according to the statement - Albawaba.com
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