Palestinians hail adoption of U.N. Gaza "war crimes" report

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Hundreds of Palestinians marched in Gaza City on Saturday, showing their support to the UN Human Rights Council for its decision to endorse a war crimes report.

On Friday, the U.N. Human Rights Council endorsed the report that accused both Israel and Hamas of committing war crimes in their December-January conflict.

The document states that Israel used disproportionate force, deliberately targeted civilians, used Palestinians as human shields and destroyed civilian infrastructure.

Israel has said it launched the incursion into the Gaza Strip to prevent rocket launches onto its territory.

The report calls for the U.N. Security Council to take up the matter at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, if both sides fail to investigate the alleged abuses.

A Palestinian removes building materials from a house destroyed  in January's Israeli military offensive, in Jebaliya, northern  Gaza Strip, Friday, Oct. 16, 2009. The U.N. Human Rights Council  voted Friday to endorse a Gaza war crimes report and send it to  the Security Council, possibly setting up international  prosecution of Israelis and Palestinians accused of war crimes. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)