The Hague, Netherlands — The owner of a Gaza building housing international media that was destroyed in an Israeli airstrike is lodging a complaint with the International Criminal Court, his lawyer said. “The owner of this building, who is a Palestinian, has mandated his lawyers to file a war crime complaint with the International Criminal Court,” lawyer Gilles Devers said in a statement. Devers told AFP outside the court, where around 10 pro-Palestinian protesters were gathered, that Israel could show “no military objective” for the attack. ADVERTISEMENTThe ICC had already opened an investigation in March into possible war crimes in the Palestinian Territories by both Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups since 2014. The move infuriated Israel which is not a member of the court, while Palestine has been a state party to the ICC since 2015.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer May 21, 2021 19:07 UTC