Qatar’s prime minister says the nation will proceed efforts in direction of facilitating one other truce and reaching a everlasting ceasefire in Gaza.
Qatar’s prime minister has stated his nation is looking for an “immediate, comprehensive and impartial international investigation” into what he referred to as Israeli crimes in Gaza.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani additionally advised Al Jazeera on Sunday that Qatar would proceed its efforts in direction of facilitating one other truce and reaching a everlasting ceasefire within the besieged enclave.
Per week-long Israel-Hamas truce – brokered by Qatar with the help of Egypt and america – led to the discharge of 80 Israeli captives in alternate for 240 Palestinian prisoners.
The truce ended on Friday, with either side buying and selling accusations of violating the situations of the deal.
The prospect of an additional truce in Gaza appeared bleak on Saturday after Israel pulled its Mossad negotiators from Qatar, whereas Hamas’s deputy chief advised Al Jazeera it won’t maintain additional talks on the swap of Israeli captives for imprisoned Palestinians.
Since Friday, Israel has intensified its assaults on Gaza, with a authorities media official telling Al Jazeera that 700 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli assaults over the last 24 hours.
In accordance with Gaza’s Ministry of Well being, 15,523 Palestinians have died within the enclave for the reason that struggle started on October 7 – greater than 70 p.c of them girls and kids.
ICC to ramp up struggle crimes probe
In the meantime, the chief prosecutor for the Worldwide Prison Court docket (ICC), Karim Khan, referred to as on Israel and Hamas to abide by worldwide regulation, saying his workplace will ramp up investigations into potential struggle crimes.
“All actors must comply with international humanitarian law. If you do not do so, do not complain when my office is required to act,” Khan stated on Sunday as he wrapped up his four-day go to to Israel and the occupied West Financial institution.
Khan burdened his go to was “not investigative in nature” however stated he was in a position to converse to victims on either side of the battle.
“Credible allegations of crimes during the current conflict should be the subject of timely, independent examination and investigation,” he stated.
Arrange in 2002, the ICC is the world’s solely impartial courtroom set as much as probe the gravest offences together with genocide, struggle crimes and crimes in opposition to humanity. It opened an investigation in 2021 into Israel in addition to Hamas and different armed Palestinian teams for potential struggle crimes within the Palestinian territories.
Khan additionally referred to as for humanitarian support to right away be let into Gaza, including that Hamas should not misuse such support.
“On humanitarian access, the law does not allow for doubt,” he stated. “Civilians must have access to basic food, water and desperately needed medical supplies, without further delay, and at pace and at scale.”
He beforehand stated that blocking the delivery of aid to Gaza may additionally represent a struggle crime underneath the ICC’s jurisdiction.
Israel, which isn’t a member of the ICC, has beforehand rejected the courtroom’s jurisdiction and doesn’t formally interact with it.
