GAZA (Xinhua) -- A UN delegation arrived in Gaza on Saturday to follow up the fact-finding report prepared last year by South African Judge Richard Goldstone over the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip in late 2008.

The delegation entered in the Gaza Strip through Rafah border crossing with Egypt, and was escorted by UN vehicles to Gaza City.
Mohamed al-Ghoul, justice minister in the deposed Hamas government, told Xinhua that the delegation will stay in Gaza for three days to follow up the results of the UN probe into the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip.
“The delegation will meet with families of the victims and representatives of rights groups in the Gaza Strip,” said al-Ghoul, adding “the delegation will also hold talks with representatives of the government in Gaza.”
Al-Ghoul said the Hamas welcomes the UN delegation and “will deal with the members of the delegation to unveil the crimes committed by the occupation (Israel) against our people.”
The UN had asked Israel, the Palestinian National Authority and the Gaza-ruled Islamic Hamas movement to debate the results of the Goldstone report.
In December 2008, Israel launched a large-scale war on the people of Gaza that lasted for three weeks, where 1,450 Palestinians and 10 Israelis were killed.
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