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Gaza media building owner complains to ICC, says Israeli strike a ‘war crime’
With rising wokeness, social justice fever among progressive Dems and liberals, US tax payers coud be potentially on the hook for more payments by way of foreign aid depending on ICC verdict:
wionews.com/world/owner-of-destroyed-gaza-building-which-housed-media-offices-files-icc-complaint-386702
Owner of destroyed Gaza building which housed media offices files ICC complaint
Israeli airstrike destroyed building that housed media offices (file photo) Photograph Reuters )
The owner of a building in Gaza which was destroyed in Israeli airstrike is raising a complaint with the International Criminal Court. The building in question is called Jala Tower, which was destroyed on May 15. The building housed the offices of Associated Press and Al Jazeera.
According to the owner Jawad Mehdi, the flattening of the building counts as a “war crime”. "The owner of this building, who is a Palestinian, has mandated his lawyers to file a war crime complaint with the International Criminal Court," the man’s lawyer Gilles Devers said in a statement.
In addition, Devers told AFP that Israel could show “no military objective” for the attack. "We hear a lot that this tower could have been destroyed because there was equipment or an armed resistance team. This is something that we totally deny after studying the case," Devers added.
The lawyer added how international law states that civilian property may be harmed only if it is used for military purposes, which was “not the case”. The complaint would be forwarded formally to the court by email on Friday.
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May 16, 2021
nj.com/politics/2021/05/njs-menendez-criticizes-israeli-attack-on-gaza-building-housing-news-outlets.html
‘Huge loss’: Experienced Gaza doctors killed in Israeli attacks
The Qatari Red Crescent said an air strike damaged its offices in Gaza while the health ministry said one of its buildings and a clinic housing the enclave's only COVID-19 laboratory was hit.
The strikes come a day after 42 Palestinians in Gaza -- including at least eight children and two doctors, according to the health ministry -- were killed in the worst daily death toll in the enclave since the bombardments began.
Local authorities say a total of 212 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, including at least 61 children, and more than 1,400 wounded since Israel launched its air campaign against Hamas in response to rocket fire.
Israel says 10 people, including one child, have been killed and more than 300 wounded by the rocket fire, which has been the most intense to ever rain down on the Jewish state.
Israeli bombardment of Gaza has displaced 38,000 people and made 2,500 homeless, the United Nations says.
aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/17/holdshockformedical-system-as-israeli-strikes-kill-gaza-doctors
‘Everything lost in an eye blink’: Gaza towers targeted by Israel
Israel struck three tower blocks in the heart of Gaza City in 24 hours, flattening two and destroying parts of another.
Smoke billows from al-Johara Tower in Gaza City which was targeted by Israeli air attacks overnight on May 12
13 May 2021
Rockets fired towards Tel Aviv after Gaza tower block destroyed In Pictures: Ruins and devastation as Israeli attacks pummel Gaza
For days now, Israeli fighter jets have targeted several landmark buildings in the heart of Gaza City, completely flattening at least two high-rise blocks. Hanadi, a tower with a mix of residential apartments and commercial offices, including Qadada’s Planet for Digital Solutions, was one of them.
With rising wokeness, social justice fever among progressive Dems and liberals, US tax payers coud be potentially on the hook for more payments by way of foreign aid depending on ICC verdict:
wionews.com/world/owner-of-destroyed-gaza-building-which-housed-media-offices-files-icc-complaint-386702
Owner of destroyed Gaza building which housed media offices files ICC complaint
Israeli airstrike destroyed building that housed media offices (file photo) Photograph Reuters )
The owner of a building in Gaza which was destroyed in Israeli airstrike is raising a complaint with the International Criminal Court. The building in question is called Jala Tower, which was destroyed on May 15. The building housed the offices of Associated Press and Al Jazeera.
According to the owner Jawad Mehdi, the flattening of the building counts as a “war crime”. "The owner of this building, who is a Palestinian, has mandated his lawyers to file a war crime complaint with the International Criminal Court," the man’s lawyer Gilles Devers said in a statement.
In addition, Devers told AFP that Israel could show “no military objective” for the attack. "We hear a lot that this tower could have been destroyed because there was equipment or an armed resistance team. This is something that we totally deny after studying the case," Devers added.
The lawyer added how international law states that civilian property may be harmed only if it is used for military purposes, which was “not the case”. The complaint would be forwarded formally to the court by email on Friday.
Related
US Senator Menendez criticizes Israeli attack on Gaza building housing news outlets
May 16, 2021
nj.com/politics/2021/05/njs-menendez-criticizes-israeli-attack-on-gaza-building-housing-news-outlets.html
‘Huge loss’: Experienced Gaza doctors killed in Israeli attacks
The Qatari Red Crescent said an air strike damaged its offices in Gaza while the health ministry said one of its buildings and a clinic housing the enclave's only COVID-19 laboratory was hit.
The strikes come a day after 42 Palestinians in Gaza -- including at least eight children and two doctors, according to the health ministry -- were killed in the worst daily death toll in the enclave since the bombardments began.
Local authorities say a total of 212 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, including at least 61 children, and more than 1,400 wounded since Israel launched its air campaign against Hamas in response to rocket fire.
Israel says 10 people, including one child, have been killed and more than 300 wounded by the rocket fire, which has been the most intense to ever rain down on the Jewish state.
Israeli bombardment of Gaza has displaced 38,000 people and made 2,500 homeless, the United Nations says.
aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/17/holdshockformedical-system-as-israeli-strikes-kill-gaza-doctors
‘Everything lost in an eye blink’: Gaza towers targeted by Israel
Israel struck three tower blocks in the heart of Gaza City in 24 hours, flattening two and destroying parts of another.
Smoke billows from al-Johara Tower in Gaza City which was targeted by Israeli air attacks overnight on May 12
13 May 2021
Rockets fired towards Tel Aviv after Gaza tower block destroyed In Pictures: Ruins and devastation as Israeli attacks pummel Gaza
For days now, Israeli fighter jets have targeted several landmark buildings in the heart of Gaza City, completely flattening at least two high-rise blocks. Hanadi, a tower with a mix of residential apartments and commercial offices, including Qadada’s Planet for Digital Solutions, was one of them.
