A war crimes complaint against 10 Britons who served with the Israeli military in Gaza is to be submitted to the Met police by Michael Mansfield, one of the UK’s leading human rights lawyers, The Guardian reports.

Mansfield is among a group of lawyers who will hand in a 240-page dossier to Scotland Yard’s war crimes unit alleging targeted killing of civilians and aid workers, including by sniper fire, and indiscriminate attacks on civilian areas, including hospitals.

According to The Guardian, the report — prepared by a team of UK lawyers and researchers in The Hague — also accuses suspects of coordinated attacks on protected sites, including historic monuments and religious sites, as well as of forced transfer and displacement of civilians.

Mansfield, who is known for his work on landmark cases such as the Grenfell Tower fire, Stephen Lawrence and the Birmingham Six, was quoted as saying: “British nationals are under a legal obligation not to collude with crimes committed in Palestine. No one is above the law.”

Sean Summerfield, a barrister at Doughty Street Chambers who helped compile the dossier, said it was based on open-source evidence and witness testimony, which together presented a “compelling” case.

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