, Israel should review its “entire policy” of military action against Palestinians since violence was bound to cause civilian casualties and destroy prospects for peace, a senior U.N. official said on Nov. 21.
Ibrahim Gambari, the U.N. undersecretary-general for political affairs, also told a Security Council meeting on the Middle East that Palestinian militants fired more than 200 rockets and mortar shells over the past month into the Israeli town of Sderot, which he called “legally and morally wrong.”
Israeli military operations in the West Bank and Gaza have killed at least 128 Palestinians and wounded more than 380 during the past month, including at least 19 children. Palestinian rocket attacks have killed one Israeli soldier and one civilian and wounded many others, Gambari said.
“Israel should act prudently and proportionally in defending its citizens, so as to avoid civilian casualties,” Gambari said, adding that firing artillery into civilian neighborhoods such as Gaza
