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South Africa's genocide case against Israel was brought before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on 29 December 2023 by South Africa regarding Israel 's conduct in the Gaza Strip as part of the Israel–Hamas war. The case is officially known as Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel) .
On 9 October 2023, during the Israel-Hamas war, the Israel Defense Forces conducted an airstrike on al-Shati refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, destroying four mosques. According to Palestinian media, the attack killed people inside.
On 12 October 2023, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim Ahmad Khan, stated that war crimes committed on the territory of Israel by Palestinians or by nationals of other state parties to the Rome Statute were within the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court investigation in Palestine.
The Rafah shelling in particular was widely criticized, with Ban Ki-moon calling it a "moral outrage and a criminal act" and US State Department calling it "appalling" and "disgraceful". UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said that both Hamas militants and Israel might have committed war crimes.
A United Nations Commission of Inquiry said it has been “collecting and preserving evidence of war crimes committed by all sides” since the violence started last week. That evidence could be ...
According to several historians, between 10 and 70 massacres occurred during the 1948 war. [1] [6] [7] According to Benny Morris the Yishuv (or later Israeli) soldiers killed roughly 800 Arab civilians and prisoners of war in 24 massacres. [1] Aryeh Yizthaki list 10 major massacres with more than 50 victims each. [8] Palestinian researcher Salman Abu-Sitta lists 33 massacres, half of them ...
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Wednesday war crimes had been committed by both Israel and Hamas in the conflict that erupted just over a month ago. "The atrocities ...
The Goldstone Report accused both the Israel Defense Forces and the Palestinian militants of war crimes and possible crimes against humanity. It recommended that each side openly investigate its own conduct, and to bring the allegations to the International Criminal Court if they failed to do so. [4] [5] The government of Israel rejected the report as prejudiced and full of errors, and also ...