Karim Khan finishes his first visit to Israel and the West Bank.
Despite the ICC reneging with the Post, it is our hope that it will show the courage to reach out to some Israeli media outlets in the near future.
From the ICC’s perspective, the Israel-Palestine issue jumped from something on the distant back-burner compared to Russia-Ukraine and other flagship cases, to one of it's top its public priorities.
The surprise visit is unofficial and will not include access to Gaza.
After the fighting ends, the world will focus on Israel’s obligations in the West Bank.
The ICC already has an ongoing investigation into "the situation in the State of Palestine" for alleged war crimes committed since June 13, 2014.
The ICC said on Friday it had received a communication from the three groups and would assess the information, without going into detail on its contents.
Post-October 7, the ICC is far more committed to delving into the Israeli-Palestinian conflict – and potentially the IDF’s conduct – than what top Israeli lawyers had hoped for.
Israel has its own mechanisms for probing and prosecuting its soldiers accused of war crimes.
The extensive list of crimes encompasses murder, intentional attacks on civilians, torture, and several other grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions.
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