Under fire ICC prosecutor calls for Israel, Hamas to adhere to international law

DOHA NEWS
Fatemeh Salari
December 4, 2023

Karim Khan has been criticised by Palestinian groups for failing to visit Gaza, while undertaking a four-day trip to Israel.

International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan called on both Israel and Hamas to adhere to international law.

Khan, concluding his four-day visit to Israel and the occupied West Bank, emphasised that “all actors must comply with international humanitarian law. If you do not do so, do not complain when my office is required to act”.

First evacuees leave Gaza after another night of Israeli bombardments

REUTERS
By Nidal Al-Mughrabi and Dan Williams
November 1, 2023

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• The European Union's top diplomat Josep Borrell said he was appalled by the high number of casualties from the bombing by Israel of a refugee camp in Gaza and called for fighting parties to respect the international rules of war.
  

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-military-jets-strike-gaza-camp-says-hamas-commander-killed-2023-11-01/

GAZA/JERUSALEM, Nov 1 (Reuters) - A first group of civilian evacuees from Gaza crossed into Egypt under a Qatari-mediated deal on Wednesday while Israeli forces bombed the Palestinian enclave from land, sea and air as they pressed their offensive against Hamas militants.

The evacuees, who had been trapped in Gaza since the start of the war more than three weeks ago, were driven in ambulances through the Rafah border crossing. A source at the border said they were undergoing security checks on the Egyptian side.

Another forever war beckons in Gaza

ASIA TIMES
by Rob Geist Pinfold
October 29, 2023 

US experience shows invading without a post-intervention plan leads to unwinnable quagmires with no achievable political goals 

 

Destruction of the Palestine Tower in Gaza after an Israeli strike in October 2023. Photo: Palestinian News & Information Agency (Wafa) in contract with APAimages / Wikipedia

After Hamas’s deadly attacks on October 7, a ground invasion of the Gaza Strip by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) appeared inevitable. Benjamin Netanyahu’s government apparently had little choice, given that the attack shocked Israel to its very core.

What Is Hamas?

COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
Written By :Kali Robinson
Updated Last updated October 9, 2023 

The Palestinian militant group has struggled to govern Gaza and remains committed to violently resisting Israel. Its surprise attack against Israel in 2023 threatens a wider conflagration in the Middle East.

A parade for the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’s militant arm, is held in Gaza. Ashraf Amra/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

Summary

• A spin-off of the Palestinian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood in the late 1980s, the Islamist militant group Hamas took over the Gaza Strip after defeating its rival political party, Fatah, in elections in 2006.
• The United States and European Union have designated Hamas a terrorist organization because of its armed resistance against Israel, which has included suicide bombings and rocket attacks.
• Israel has declared war on Hamas following its surprise assault on southern Israel in 2023, the deadliest attack on the country in decades.