The International Criminal Court (ICC) has rejected Israel’s claims that the court may carry out a biased investigation into the Tel Aviv regime’s war crimes during its devastating military aggression against the Gaza Strip last summer.
ICC chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda told Israel’s
Haaretz newspaper on Friday that The Hague-based court will launch an “unbiased” inquiry into the case.
The court will consider evidence brought by Palestinians against Israel “independently and impartially without fear or favor,” Bensouda said, adding that her “office will be guided by a policy of investigating and prosecuting those most responsible for the commission of mass crimes.”
The Israeli regime launched a 50-day deadly war on Gaza last summer that ended in August 2014 with a truce. The aggression left about 2,200 Palestinians, including 577 children, dead and over 11,100 others injured.
In April, Palestinians formally joined the ICC, a membership that enabled them to bring war crimes charges against Israeli officials.
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