The story so far: In a statement released last month, the United Nations has said that “there is already clear evidence that war crimes may have been committed” by Hamas and the Israeli military since October 7 and that it is gathering evidence for potential prosecution.
Days later, the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) Prosecutor Karim Khan visited Gaza’s Rafah border crossing with Egypt after outlining that the ICC’s mandate applies to the current conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. Cautioning that there should not be any impediment to humanitarian relief supplies going to civilians, Mr. Khan said that “these rights are part of the Geneva conventions, and they give rise to even criminal responsibility when these rights are curtailed under the Rome statute.” Highlighting that he was “very concerned also by the spike of the number of reported incidents of attack by settlers against Palestinian civilians,” he said that the ICC would investigate “current events in the West Bank.”
