In a much-anticipated response, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Friday that it was too early to determine whether Israel and Hamas had launched credible investigations into UN allegations of war crimes during the three-week Gaza Conflict, which broke out in January 2009. Despite the three-month deadline, which ended on Friday, investigations are still ongoing, particularly on the Palestinian side, which just initiated its process on Jan. 25. As such, no determination can be made whether both sides have carried out credible, domestic investigations into alleged human rights abuses, said Ban. Ban's report, which will be presented to the president of the 64th session of the UN General Assembly, Ali Abdussalam Treki, later on Friday, comes after the UN commissioned fact-finding report by South African judge Richard Goldstone. The report is also known as the Goldstone report. In September last year, the Goldstone report accused both Israel and Hamas militants of possible war crimes. Israel rejected the report as biased and distorted. Last November the 192-nation General Assembly passed a resolution, which backed the proposals contained in the Goldstone report. It gave both Israelis and Palestinians until Feb. 5 to investigate and respond to the alleged war crimes in Gaza in order to bring accountability to the table. Both Israel and Palestine submitted their responses to the secretary-general last Friday. Ban's report includes a detailed account of Israel's ongoing investigations but does not judge whether they are 'independent, credible and in conformity with international standards.' To date, the Israeli Defensive Forces has launched investigations into 150 separate incidents arising from the Gaza Operation. Of the 150 incidents, so far 36 have been referred for criminal investigation, according to Israeli authorities. 