On 28 February, the UN Independent Commission of Inquiry on the protests in the Occupied Palestinian Territory presented its findings in Geneva at the UN Human Rights Council. A Commission was mandated to investigate all alleged violations and abuses of humanitarian law and international human rights law in the context of the large-scale protests that began in Gaza on 30 March 2018. Chair of the Commission, Santiago Canton, said they had “reasonable grounds to believe that Israeli soldiers committed violations of international human rights and humanitarian law. Some of those violations may constitute war crimes or crimes against humanity, and must be immediately investigated by Israel”. UN investigators accuse Israeli soldiers of intentionally firing on civilians and killing 189 people and shooting more than 6100 others with live ammunition, including children, paramedics, and journalists. Israel’s FM Yisrael Katz criticized the investigation by calling it “another hostile, mendacious and slanted report against the State of Israel”. He defended the Israeli actions by stating that “No one can deny Israel the right of self-defense and the obligation to defend its citizens and borders from violent attacks.” A fuller report will be presented to the Human Rights Council in Geneva on 18 March.