A French lawyer said on Friday that he had filed a complaint on behalf of the Palestinian justice minister at the International Criminal Court (ICC), accusing Israel\u2019s military of having carried out \u201cwar crimes\u201d in the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n
More than 800 Palestinians have been killed in Israel\u2019s offensive in Gaza, launched on July 8 in response to Hamas militants firing rockets into the Jewish state.<\/p>\n
The complaint targets \u201cwar crimes committed by the Israeli army in June and July 2014 in Palestine\u201d in the context of the operation known as Protective Edge, Gilles Devers told reporters.<\/p>\n
\u201cIsrael, the occupying power, is carrying out a military operation which in principle and form violates the basis of international law,\u201d he said. \u201cEvery day new crimes are committed and over 80 percent of the victims are civilians. Children, women, hospitals, UN schools… the Israeli soldiers respect nothing.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a military attack against the Palestinian population.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Israeli offensive has left more than 5,200 Palestinians injured, according to emergency services in Gaza, and 33 Israeli soldiers and two civilians have died, too.<\/p>\n
The Palestinian Authority, which has non-member observer state status at the United Nations, has not yet signed up to the Hague-based ICC, due to what Devers said were \u201cpolitical\u201d quarrels over the Palestinians\u2019 status.<\/p>\n
But according to Devers, the complaint is still valid.<\/p>\n
The UN Human Rights Council is launching a probe into Israel\u2019s offensive in Gaza, with rights chief Navi Pillay saying the Jewish state\u2019s military actions could amount to war crimes.<\/p>\n
Source: AFP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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