"[S]ome Israelis will testify in a personal capacity before the Geneva-based UN Human Rights commission, including those injured in the rocket and mortar strikes launched by Palestinian terrorists at Israeli civilian populations.
Gadi Yarkoni, who resides in Nirim, an Israeli kibbutz adjacent to the Hamas-controlled enclave, lost his both legs after he was hit by a mortar shell several hours before the eventual ceasefire with Hamas went into effect. He will present the Israeli angle of the latest, and particularly charged, chapter in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict before the rights panel.
It is understood Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office supports the initiative – by the International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists – to make sure Israelis are represented at the commission, underlining, however, that they are not official representatives of the State of Israel."