FILE - In this Dec. 20, 2008 file photo, masked Palestinian militants from Islamic Jihad place homemade rockets before later firing them into Israel on the outskirts of Gaza City. A prominent human rights group said there is "strong evidence" that Gaza's Hamas rulers committed war crimes by allowing militants to fire rockets from the territory, killing civilians in Israel, in a report released Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Ashraf Amra)Hamas Rocket Attacks 'War Crimes' -- BBC
The firing of rockets into Israel by Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip amounts to a war crime, a prominent human rights group has said.
Human Right Watch (HRW) said Hamas should "publicly renounce" the attacks and hold those responsible to account.
HRW said while it had also criticised Israel over its actions in Gaza, "violations by one party to a conflict never justify violations by the other".
A Hamas spokesman has dismissed the group's allegations as "biased".
The 31-page report, Rockets from Gaza, covers the period after November 2008, when Hamas and other militant groups resumed attacks after an Israeli incursion into Gaza.
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My Comment: The only thing about this report that surprises me is .... why did it take so long?