French lawyer Gilles Devers, who is taken into account a voice of Palestinian victims on the International Criminal Court (ICC), has denounced the continuing Israeli actions within the Gaza Strip, saying that what is going on in Gaza is worse than Srebrenica.
Gilles Devers advised Anadolu Agency (AA) that he filed a grievance on the tribunal based mostly in The Hague towards Israel’s airstrikes in Gaza, accusing the nation of “genocide.”
He stated warfare crimes, crimes towards humanity and genocide had been being dealt with individually on the ICC, including that the struggling of the Palestinians had been totally different than these of Rohingya Muslims.
According to him, the scenario in Gaza can be worse than what occurred in Srebrenica in 1995, recalling that 8,600 individuals had been killed there throughout what was thought-about a genocide.
“We have a high amount of evidence, thus we request an arrest warrant against (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu,” Devers stated. “We found shocking images of Israeli soldiers acting out of revenge, that could be considered inhumane.”
The lawyer defined that threatening the existence of a neighborhood, reducing entry to primary wants together with electrical energy, water, meals and well being companies, bombing hospitals and civilians, and forcing individuals into displacement, quantity to genocide.
Israel has continued its air and floor assaults on the Gaza Strip because the Oct. 7 incursion by Hamas, killing greater than 11,000 Palestinians, moreover damaging and destroying hundreds of civilian constructions and imposing a complete siege, ensuing within the scarcity of primary requirements akin to meals, medicines and gasoline.
Photos as proof
The lawyer additionally commented on AA’s photographs displaying Israel dedicated warfare crimes utilizing phosphorus bombs on Gaza.
“These are perfect documents,” he stated. “Technically, we already know that the white smoke is phosphorus stain.”
Devers additionally commented on AA’s photographs displaying phosphorus bombs stacked in entrance of an Israeli tank.
“This is the photo of a war crime, and those are the criminals,” he stated, including that worldwide legislation bans aerial use of chemical weapons, therefore Israel tried displaying it was utilizing these by way of tanks.
Devers careworn that he could be comfortable to incorporate the photographs captured by the Turkish news company within the file as proof.
He stated Israel is utilizing chemical weapons to maneuver Palestinians out of the area, and it can’t be thought-about an remoted occasion.
The ICC shouldn’t be an “ideal” justice physique however it’s the solely worldwide one for the Palestinian individuals, whose rights have been violated, he stated.
Devers recalled that the United States and Israel did all the pieces they may to stop Palestine from being represented on the ICC, regardless of it signing the Rome Statute in 2015.
According to him, the ICC is the one worldwide justice physique recognizing Palestine as a state.
“Our job is neither politics nor religion, but to defend rights,” Devers stated, and hailed that lots of of legal professionals joined the initiative from over 20 international locations, together with Türkiye.
Source: www.dailysabah.com