UN probe in Gaza: Especially painful testimonies

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Richard Goldstone and UN delegates hear testimonies of Gaza Strip residents as part of UN Human Rights Council's investigation of Operation Cast Lead. According to Goldstone, goal of hearing is to bring story of victims to world

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"The testimonies are particularly painful, concluded Richard Goldstone, head of the UN mission investigating Israel's offensive Operation Cast Lead in the Gaza Strip, on Tuesday of what he heard from Gaza Strip residents in the past two days.

Goldstone said that the purpose of the hearings, which were held throughout the past two days, is to bring the voice of the Gazan victims to the world. The UN delegation leader also added that the delegates found it difficult to disguise their emotions as they heard the difficult and painful testimonies.

He noted that the mission has completed the first segment of the hearings. Next, the UN mission will examine the data collected thus far by the delegation prior to submitting a final report in August.

He hailed the dignity and composure of the witnesses whose testimony had "let the face of human suffering be seen".

"As fellow human beings we would like to put on record how deeply moved we were by many of the accounts of profound suffering and grief we have heard in the last two days," Goldstone added."