War is a universal crime.
But in the case of recent fighting between Israel and Hamas, both have committed the technical definition of "war crimes," according to
a new Amnesty International report.
The human rights organization said that Israel's use of white phosphorus -- a substance which is approved for what the BBC called "open battlefields," but which causes severe burns and widespread death when used in civilian centers -- was the clearest example of Israeli war crimes.
But the report also criticized Palestinian militants for firing "indiscriminate rockets into residential areas of southern Israel, killing three civilians."
"Of the 1,300 Gazans that died in the conflict, around 300 of them [were] children," said the BBC.
"Direct attacks on civilians and civilian objects, disproportionate attacks and indiscriminate attacks are war crimes," the report reads.
