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Published 20 Nov, 2023 05:11pm

Amnesty urges ICC to probe 2 Israeli attacks in Gaza as war crimes

Amnesty says it has determined that two Israeli strikes last month that killed 46 people in Gaza “were indiscriminate attacks or direct attacks on civilians or civilian objects, which must be investigated as war crimes,” Al Jazeera reports.

The incidents probed by Amnesty were an attack on Saint Porphyrius church in Gaza City on October 19, and another on a home in Nuseirat refugee camp the following day.

“These deadly, unlawful attacks are part of a documented pattern of disregard for Palestinian civilians, and demonstrate the devastating impact of the Israeli military’s unprecedented onslaught has left nowhere safe in Gaza, regardless of where civilians live or seek shelter,” said Erika Guevara-Rosas, Amnesty director of global research, advocacy and policy.

“We urge the International Criminal Court’s prosecutor to take immediate concrete action to expedite the investigation into war crimes and other crimes under international law opened in 2021,” Guevara-Rosas added.

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