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Establishment of an Investigation Mechanism in Real Time:

 Information from Mission of Israel in UN -Geneva

As part of Israel's commitment to the rule of law, Israel decided to initiate a professional and comprehensive examination of alleged violations of international law, including the laws of armed conflict, that may occurred during operation "Protective Edge". A General Staff Mechanism for Fact-Finding Assessments (the 'FFA Mechanism') was already established during the operation. The FFA mechanism is designed to examine exceptional incidents that occurred during the operation. Such incidents include events allegedly resulting in unanticipated harm to civilians as well as events where military activity may have resulted in damage to medical or UN facilities. The FFA Mechanism is tasked with providing the Military Advocate General (MAG) with initial investigatory information. The MAG, in turn, is charged with deciding whether to initiate a full criminal investigation. It should be noted that in cases when allegations raise reasonable grounds for suspecting a violation of the law and no further investigation is needed, a criminal investigation is launched immediately, without waiting for examination by the FFA Mechanism