The human rights organisation,
Amnesty International, has accused the Israeli army of committing war crimes during its incursions into the West Bank towns of
Jenin + Nablus earlier this year. Amnesty says the army killed civilians, tortured prisoners, destroyed houses and prevented the arrival of humanitarian aid in the Palestinian towns. In July Amnesty
strongly condemned a suicide bombing which killed 14 people in northern Israel, and called on all Palestinian armed groups to end attacks on civilians immediately.