The former Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, confirmed that the killings committed by the Israeli army towards civilians in Gaza are sufficient to be investigated by the court, which is based in The Hague, Netherlands.

Ocampo said, through his official account on the X platform (formerly Twitter), that “the killing of civilians in Gaza can be investigated by the International Criminal Court as war crimes and crimes against humanity.”

He added that Israel is planning to kill thousands under the pretext of eliminating the leaders of the Hamas movement, noting that history shows that leaders are replaced by new leaders, and that Israel's response to what he described as Hamas' crimes should not be a massacre in Gaza.

The former International Criminal Prosecutor said that the massacres against Palestinian civilians will exacerbate the crisis, and that achieving justice is the way to control crimes, adding that Israel should not cause global chaos.

Ocampo noted that in March 2021, the International Criminal Court opened investigations into crimes committed in Gaza, the West Bank, and East Jerusalem.

Source: Al Jazeera