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Impeding aid to Gaza could be crime under ICC jurisdiction, says prosecutor

Emergency personnel and residents check damage at the site of Israeli strikes on houses, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian armed group Hamas, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, on October 29, 2023 [Mohammed Salem/Reuters]

The International Criminal Court’s Prosecutor Karim Khan told a news conference in the Egyptian capital Cairo on Sunday that Israel must make “discernible efforts” to ensure civilians get basic food and medicine.

In a video statement posted earlier on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, Khan warned that curtailment of those rights could give rise to “criminal responsibility” under the Rome Statute.

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