Amnesty International calls on ICC to investigate possible war crimes in Gaza

WORLD, Oct. 25 (YPA) – Amnesty International called on the International Criminal Court [ICC] to investigate possible war crimes following the “unlawful attacks” committed during the Zionist regime’s deadly assault on the Gaza Strip in August.

The rights group said in a new report released Tuesday that Thirty-one civilians were among the 49 Palestinians killed in the Israeli-blockaded Gaza Strip during the three-day conflict.

The London-based organization pressed the ICC to “urgently investigate any apparent war crimes committed during the August 2022 Israeli offensive” in the Palestinian enclave.

“Amnesty International has collected and analysed new evidence of unlawful attacks, including possible war crimes, committed by both Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups,” it said.

The report detailed a strike hit the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza,  killing  seven civilians.  The bombing was “likely to have been caused by a rocket launched by Palestinian armed groups that misfired”, Amnesty said.

Fighting began on August 5 when Israel targeted the Islamic Jihad militant group in what it said were pre-emptive strikes to avert attacks.

Amnesty’s research found that an attack in which five children were killed at a cemetery “was likely to have been carried out by an Israeli guided missile fired by a drone”.

A third incident Amnesty said may amount to a war crime was Israeli tank fire on a house in the southern Khan Yunis area, which killed one civilian.

The probe is supported by the Palestinian Authority, but Israel is not an ICC member and disputes its jurisdiction.

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