A report by the Inspector General of the U.S. State Department has identified "many hundreds" of human rights violations in Gaza by Israel, according to The Washington Post, citing two American officials who noted that "it will take the State Department years to investigate these violations." This is the first US government report acknowledging such violations in Gaza. The officials said the report's findings raise doubts about the ability to investigate Israel for its actions, given the large number of incidents and the nature of the process that tends to favor Israel.