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PART DCONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS1. AccountabilityAs indicated in the introduction to this report, the FFM’s aim was to provide a partialcontribution based on its expertise in the fields of health, human rights and forensicmedicine, to fit into a broader picture of evidence. Therefore, this Report focusesmainly on these aspects of the armed conflict.• More broadly, the FFM concludes that the incidents recorded in Gaza during thisarmed conflict are suggestive of several serious violations of human rights andinternational humanitarian law:• The attacks were characterised by heavy and unpredictable bombardmentsof civilian neighbourhoods in a manner that failed to discriminate betweenlegitimate targets and protected populations and caused widespread destructionof homes and civilian property. Such indiscriminate attacks, by aircraft, drones,artillery, tanks and gunships, were not the result of decisions made by individualsoldiers or commanders; they must have entailed approval from top-leveldecision-makers in the Israeli military and/or government.• The initiators of the attacks, despite giving some prior warnings of these attacks,failed to take the requisite precautions that would effectively enable the safeevacuation of the civilian population, including provision of safe spaces and routes.• All first-person reports received by the FFM teams emphasized that because ofthe incessant and unpredictable nature of the attacks, there was no guaranteedsafe space in the Gaza Strip, at any time, in any location. When the attacks didoccur, the targets included possible escape routes, ambulances attempting toreach the wounded, and individuals attempting to flee. Because of the closure of98