Tag: War crime

  • UN’s Gaza war crimes investigation faces obstacles

    YNet News 9 June 2009 After interviewing dozens of war victims and poring through the files of human rights groups, a veteran UN war crimes investigator acknowledged that his probe into possible crimes by Israel and Hamas is unlikely to lead to prosecutions. Israel has refused to cooperate, depriving his team access to military sources…

  • War crimes in Gaza: Palestinian lawyers take on Israel

    Juliane von Mittelstaedt | Der Spiegel 5 June 2009 Four months after the war in Gaza, Palestinian lawyers have prepared 936 lawsuits against the Israeli military over alleged war crimes. Some of the cases could soon be tried at Spain’s National Court under universal jurisdiction. Four months after the war in Gaza, Palestinian lawyers have…

  • Israel accused of war crimes over 12-hour assault on Gaza village

    Fida Qishta in Khuza’a and Peter Beaumont in London | The Observer White flags ignored and houses bulldozed with families inside, claim residents Israel stands accused of perpetrating a series of war crimes during a sustained 12-hour assault on a village in southern Gaza last week in which 14 people died. In testimony collected from…