The Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported on Tuesday that the Israeli occupation army is investigating whether its soldiers violated international law by killing hundreds of Palestinians in the northern Gaza Strip, but it ruled out that this would lead to condemnations.

Human rights organizations confirmed that these investigations are only used to cover up illegal acts.

This comes as the Israeli army continues to commit crimes of genocide against Palestinians in the northern Gaza Strip in particular for 39 days and throughout the Gaza Strip for more than a year.

Haaretz said that hundreds of Palestinian civilians have been killed in Israeli attacks since the start of the ground invasion of the northern Gaza Strip on October 5.

"The United Nations estimates that in the five weeks since the start of the invasion, more than a thousand people were killed in the area, including the cities of Jabalia, Beit Hanoun and Beit Lahia," she added.

She explained that "the vast majority of these were killed in attacks on residential buildings, temporary shelters and public buildings where civilians were hiding who insisted on staying in northern Gaza despite Israeli army orders to move south."

She pointed out that "unlike what happened in the first months of the war on Gaza, the Israeli army barely publishes information about the objectives of the invasion of the northern Gaza Strip, and the army did not publish photos or video clips documenting the confiscation of combat equipment or the discovery of Hamas tunnels in the area."

The newspaper said that "the army - apparently - also faces a problem in justifying the wide scope of the killings" there.

She revealed that the army claims that its investigation mechanism is currently investigating at least 16 attacks by its forces in the northern Gaza Strip between October 21 and November 2.

"Such an investigation is carried out in cases where there is suspicion that the policy of using fire was disproportionate or went beyond what is permitted by international law," she explained.

"The investigation mechanism will refer its recommendations to the military prosecutor, who will decide whether or not to open a criminal investigation," she added.

But human rights organizations, according to Haaretz, say that based on previous experiences, “the investigations will not lead to criminal investigations, and are only used to cover up illegal actions.”

These organizations add that these "investigations take years compared to days to weeks in other armies, and most of them are closed without a decision to open a criminal investigation against those involved."

She pointed out that "the investigation mechanism in the Israeli army was established to confront the demands of international bodies to investigate soldiers suspected of committing war crimes, as international law stipulates that if a comprehensive investigation is conducted in Israel, the case cannot be investigated simultaneously outside the country."