Israel and West Bank Palestinians have responded to the United Nation's Goldstone report which accused both of them of war crimes during Israel's Gaza operation. The Israeli Defence Minister said there was no army as responsible, moral and accurate even under impossible conditions as Israel. The Palestinian ambassador to the UN said a high-level commission had been set up to investigate war crime claims.<br/><br/>The UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon is to report early next month on any further steps. The UN General Assembly has demanded that both Israel and Hamas launch independent investigations into their conduct during the 22-day Israeli operation which began in December 2008.<br/><br/>When Secretary General Ban Ki-moon make his own recommendations for further action in early February, he is not expected to advocate a process leading to international criminal trials as proposed by South African judge Richard Goldstone.<br/><br/>A former international war crimes prosecutor, Mr Goldstone investigated the offensive and said crimes had been committed on both sides. He accused Israel of deliberately targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure during the conflict, in which human rights groups say about 1400 Palestinians and 13 Israelis died.