Israel government team to examine UN Gaza war report fallout

The hawkish premier nevertheless ruled out setting up new inquiry committees to examine the army's conduct during the 22-day military offensive that Israel launched on December 27 in response to rocket fire from the enclave where 1,400 Palestinians and 13 Israelis were killed.

"There will be no investigation committee that will question soldiers and commanders in the IDF (Israeli army) because the existing procedures within the IDF are excellent," an official quoted Netanyahu as saying.

Netanyahu held talks on Sunday evening with top representatives of several government ministries and the army "to discuss the sensitivities and problems the report poses on Israel's diplomacy, the international laws of war and world public opinion," spokesman Mark Regev told AFP.

"The prime minister asked the officials to put forward their recommendations on how to deal with the different aspects," he said.