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The foreign affairs minister has called for clear, practical, action from Israel Defence Forces after it dismissed two officers for violating the army's rules of engagement. "We have made clear after we were verbally briefed that we have not yet received sufficient information to satisfy our expectations. The Deputy Prime Minister and I wrote to our counterparts overnight to reiterate Australia's expectations. In that letter, we raised Australia's concerns that Israel at that time had not yet taken appropriate action in relation to the individuals involved in that incident.
"China calls on all parties to faithfully implement the resolution of the GA, the Security Council and the Human Rights Council on the rights of the Palestinian people, and urges Israel to investigate and hold to account the violations of the human rights of the Palestinian people and compensate their victims. In view of the above, China will vote in favor of the draft resolution. And I’ll certainly call on other members of the council to do the same.