Photograph: EyePress News/ShutterstockIs there evidence of war crimes in the fighting between Israel and Hamas? Taking civilian hostages and using civilians as human shields are war crimes,” it said. Legal experts said that Hamas and other groups such as Islamic Jihad may also be guilty of war crimes for firing thousands of rockets from Gaza into Israel. The international criminal court (ICC) in The Hague, the permanent court with jurisdiction over war crimes and other crimes against humanity such as genocide, steps in when local jurisdictions fail to prosecute. “I am satisfied that war crimes have been or are being committed in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip,” she said.

Source: The Guardian November 01, 2023 17:39 UTC