(Prime Minister's Office) Prime Minister Netanyahu told the Israeli Cabinet on Sunday: "The report presents the background to Operation Protective Edge as well as the goals of the operation and includes a number of chapters on the war crimes that were perpetrated by Hamas and the other terrorist organizations during the operation, terrorist threats to Israel's citizens and the State of Israel's efforts to defend its citizens, IDF conduct during the operation with emphasis on the various steps that were taken in accordance with the rules of international law, the steps that were taken to minimize injury to the civilian population, and the system that has been in place since the end of the operation to inquire into and investigate claims regarding seeming violations of the laws of war by IDF soldiers." "The report proves unequivocally that the actions carried out by the IDF and the security forces during the operation were in accordance with international law....Israel is a democracy and a moral country with values, which operates in accordance with international law."
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