(United Nations) -- The Palestinian foreign minister told the United Nations Security Council that Palestinian officials take seriously allegations of war crimes by Hamas militants.

Those allegations are in a UN-sanctioned report about the Gaza Strip war that erupted in late 2008 between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas.

The report contains similar allegations about Israel, but Israel's UN ambassador calls the document biased and a waste of time.

She also said the report could impact the Middle East peace process.

The deputy U.S. ambassador to the UN Alejandro Wolff, however, says Israel should conduct a serious investigation of the war crimes allegations.

　

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