Palestinians complaint against Israel at ICC

KABUL: (Middle East Press) Palestinian Justice Minister Saleem al-Saqqa and Gaza court prosecutor Ismail Jabr have filed a lawsuit against Israeli fighting crimes at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague.

The Israeli regime, under the ICC statutes, was accused of crime of apartheid, attacks against innocent civilians, extreme loss of human life and crime of immigration.

The Palestinian officials started legal actions against the Israeli regime through a Paris-based lawyer over the past few days as the war on the Gaza Strip raged on.

French lawyer Gilles Devers has confirmed the move, saying the complaint covers war crimes committed by the Israeli forces in Gaza in June and July 2014.

Devers told a press conference in Paris “Israel, the occupying power, is carrying out a military operation which in principle and form violates the basis of international law,”

“Every day new crimes are committed and over 80 percent of the victims are civilians. Children, women, hospitals, UN schools… the Israeli soldiers respect nothing. This is a military attack against the Palestinian population,” Devers stated.

The lawsuit came as the Palestinian death charge from the Israeli aerial and ground assaults has passed 880, with more than 5,700 Gazans injured. While Israel confirms 37 Israeli troopers have been killed in the war, Hamas sources put the number at about 90.