Cabinet wants expanded ICC investigation into Palestine
Government hasn’t formally approached the ICC to include the bombing of the al-Ahli Arab Hospital in the Gaza Strip
19 October 2023 - 15:28
SA wants the International Criminal Court (ICC) to expand the scope of its investigation into possible war crimes in Palestinian territories to include the fresh outbreak of violence in the Gaza Strip and Israel.
The ICC started an investigation into war crime allegations in 2021, stemming from the 2014 conflict between Israel and Gaza. The investigation includes the construction of Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem after the government of Palestine lodged a formal complaint. ..
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