Israel is accused of massive war crimes in the Gaza war. The Israeli army is currently investigating sixteen attacks in the coastal strip. The military said legal violations were suspected in the incidents.
According to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, this specifically concerns air strikes on residential buildings and former school buildings, which, according to Palestinian information, have led to many deaths.
In an attack on a former school building in late October, the army said at the time that troops had attacked a command center of the Islamist Hamas there. Numerous measures have been taken to reduce the danger to citizens.
Internal investigation just a legal trick?
According to information from the Gaza Strip, there are repeated civilian casualties in attacks by the Israeli army in the course of the war against Hamas and other terrorist organizations.
All sixteen attacks are suspected to have been disproportionate or in violation of international humanitarian law, Haaretz reported. According to the newspaper, the investigation is also intended to prevent international authorities from calling for investigations into suspected war crimes against soldiers or officers. Accordingly, other countries are not allowed to conduct investigations at the same time.
Results are usually not public
The investigations in Israel are conducted by a military panel that the army says is independent. The results are then forwarded to the military attorney general, who will decide on a criminal investigation. However, the newspaper said the investigations can take years and are often closed, according to the report.
According to the military, nearly 2,000 incidents have been submitted to the panel for review since the war began more than a year ago. The military has not said whether or what criminal consequences this investigation has had so far.
Source: Krone
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