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Published 03 Nov, 2023 03:54pm

Israeli families bring war crime complaint to ICC: lawyer

The families of nine Israeli victims of last month’s Hamas attacks have lodged a complaint at the International Criminal Court (ICC) for suspected war crimes, AFP reports their lawyer as saying.

The families want Hamas prosecuted for genocide, and the ICC to issue an international arrest warrant for its leaders, lawyer Francois Zimeray said in a statement.

“The complaint concerns victims who were all civilians,” Zimeray said, adding that several of them were at the “Tribe of Nova” rave party — a music festival.

“The complaint states that the Hamas do not deny the crimes committed, which they have amply documented and broadcast, and that the…facts cannot therefore be disputed,” he said.

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