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Speaker 1: International Criminal Court ICC has ordered the arrest of israel

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Prime Minister Benjamin Letenyago and the country former Secretary of Defense,

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Your Galant, alongside Hama’s military leader di of Ibrahim Almastri,

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also known as Mohammad Dave, whose current livings tatles is unknown.

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ICC in impressed statement which the full details is published,

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Mamatin Belou said the court initially issued the arrest warrant

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and classified its secret in the interest of witnesses of

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the crime. Both decided to make a public in the

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general interests of the victims of the war crime and

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the families of the victims of the war against humanity. Almastri,

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also known as Mohammad Dave, was the mastermind behind the

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seventh of October attacks, according to security operatives. It is

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unclear if he is still alive following an airstripe that

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Israel claimed killed him earlier this year. The court originally

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said it was seeking arrest warrants for the three men

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in May for the alleged crimes, and today announced that

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it had rejected challenges by Israel and issued warrants of arrest.

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ISS said it found reasonable grounds to believe that Netanyagu

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and Gallant. They are criminal responsibility for alleged crimes. These,

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the courts said, include the one crime of starvation as

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a method of warfare, and the crimes against humanity of

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modern persecution and other inhuman arts. The statement said the

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Court pre Trial Chamber had rejected Israel’s challenges to the

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court’s jurisdiction and issued warrants for Benjamin netanyagu Andy of Gallant.

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It will now be up to the IC since one

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hundred and twenty four member states who do not include

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Israel or its Ali the United States, to decide whether

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or not to enforce the warrants. According to BBC, in May,

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the ICIC Prosecutor Karim consult warrants for Natanyahu, Garland Dave,

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and two other Hamma’s leaders who have since been killed

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is Smiled, Hania and the is Ware. Although Israel believes

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Dave has also been killed, the Chamber said it was

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not able to confirm his death. Is cis stated that

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they alleged crime stains from the events of the seventh

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of October twenty twenty three, when Hamma’s covernent attacked southern Israel,

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killing about one thy two hundred people and taking two

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hundred and fifty one others back to gather as hostages,

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while specifically mentioning they alleged more crime committed by Israel

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to have begun on October at twenty twenty three to

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May twenty at twenty twenty four, when the prosecutor filled

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the warrant of a raised case against the State of Israel.

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Verber TiO of the ICC statement rates in court below today.

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On the twenty first of November twenty twenty four, pre

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Trial Chamber IE of the International cremem Court, caught in

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its composition for the situation in the State of Palestine,

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unanimously issued two decisions rejecting challenges by the State of Israel.

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Israel brought on the articles eighteen and nineteen of the

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Wrong Statute the statute. It also issued warrants of arrest

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for mister Benjamin Netanyamu and mister Yov galand the sigons

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on requests by the State of Israel. The Chamber rolled

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on two requests submitted by the Israel on the twenty

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sixth of September twenty twenty four. In the first request,

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Israel challenged the court’s jurisdiction over the situation in the

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State of Palestine in general and over Israeli nationals more specifically,

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on the basis of Article nineteen two of the Statute.

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In the circond request, Israel requested that the Chamber ordered

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the prosecution to provide a new notification of the initiation

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of an investigation to its authorities on the Article eighteen

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one of the Statutes. Is also requested the Chamber to

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halt any proceedings before the Court in the relevant situation,

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including the consideration of the applications for warrants of arrest

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for mister Benjamin Netanyamu and mister Yo Galant submitted by

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the Prosecution on the twenty eighth of May twenty twenty four.

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As to the first challenge, the Chamber noted that the

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acceptance by Israel of the Court’s jurisdiction is not required,

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as the Court can exercise it jurisdiction on the basis

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of territorial jurisdiction of Palestine, as the talent by pre

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trial Chamber eye in a previous composition. Furthermore, the Chamber

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considered that, pursuant to Article nineteen one of the Statutes,

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stats are not entitled to challenge the Court’s jurisdiction on

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their Article nineteen two prior to the issuance of the

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warrant of arrests. Thus, Israel’s challenge is pretty much wear.

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This is without prejudice to any future possible challenges to

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the Court’s jurisdiction and or admissibility of any particular case.

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Decision on Israel’s challenge to the jurisdiction of the Court

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pursuance to Article nineteen two of the Rome Statute. The

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Chamber also rejected Israel’s requests on the Article eighteen one

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of the Statute. The Chamber recalled that the prosecution notified

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Israel of the initiation of an investigation in twenty twenty one.

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At that time, despite a clarification request by the prosecution,

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Israel elected not to pursue any request for the pharaul

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of the investigation. Further, the Chamber considered that the parameters

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of the investigation in the situation have remained the same

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end as a consequence, no new notification to the State

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of Israel was required. In light of this, the judges

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found that there was no reason to hold the consideration

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of the applications for warrants of arrests. Decision on Israel’s

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request for an order to the prosecution to give an

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Article eighteen one notice warrants of arrest. The Chamber issued

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warrants of arrest for two individuals, mister Benjamin Netanyagu and

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mistery Of Gallant, for crimes against humanity and war crimes

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committed from at least the acts of October twenty twenty

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three until at least the twentieth of May twenty twenty four,

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the day the prosecution filed the applications for warrants of arrest.

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The arrest warrants are classified as secret in order to

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protect witnesses and to self cut the conduct of the investigations. However,

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the Chamber decided to release the information below since conducts

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similar to that addressed in the warrant of arrest appears

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to be ongoing. Moreover, the Chamber considers it to be

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in the interest of victims and their families that they

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are made aware of the warrants existence as they outset.

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The Chamber considered that the alleged conduct of mister Natanyamu

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and mister Gallant four within the jurisdiction of the court.

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The Chamber recalled that in a previous composition it already

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decided that the Court’s jurisdiction in the situation extended to

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Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. Furthermore, the

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Chamber declined to use its discretionary appropriate MOUNTI powers to

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determine the admissibility of the two cases at the stage.

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This is without prejudice to any determination as to the

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jurisdiction and admissibility of the cases at a latter stage.

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With regard to the crimes, the Chamber found reasonable grounds

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to believe that mister Letta Yahoo one on the twenty

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first of October nineteen forty nine, Prime Minister of Israel

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at the time of the relevant conduct, and mister Gallant

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one on the heads of November nineteen fifty eight, Minister

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of Defense of Israel at the time of the alleged conduct,

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each be a criminal responsibility for the following crimes as

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con perpetrators for committing they act jointly with others, the

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war crime of stablish as a method of warfare, and

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the crimes against humanity of modern persecution and other inhuman arts.

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The Chamber also found reasonable grounds to believe that mister

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Natanianu and mister Gallant each their criminal responsibility as civilian

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superiors for the war crime of intentionally directing an attack

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against the civilian population alleged crimes. The Chamber found reasonable

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grounds to believe that during the relevant time, international humanitarian

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law related to international armed conflict between Israel and Palestine applied.

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This is because there are two high contracting parties to

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the nineteen forty nine Geneva Conventions and because Israel occupies

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at least parts of Palestine. The Chamber also found that

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the law related to non international armed conflict applied to

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the fighting between Israel and Hamas. The Chamber found that

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the alleged conduct of mister Nataniangu and Miss Gallant consult

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the activities of Israeli government bodies and the armed forces

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against the civilian population in Palestine, more specifically civilians in Gaza.

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It therefore concerned the relationship between two parties to an

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international armed conflict, as well as the relationship between an

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occupying power and the population in occupied territory. For these reasons,

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with regards to war crimes, the Chamber found it appropriate

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to issue the arrest warrants pursuant to the law of

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international armed conflict. The Chamber also found that the alleged

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crimes against humanity were part of a widespread and systematic

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attack against the civilian population of Gaza. The Chamber considered

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that there are reasonable grounds to believe that both individuals

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intentionally and noiningly deprived the civilian population in Gaza of

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objects indispensable to their survival, including food, water, and medicine

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and medical supplies, as well as fuel and electricity, from

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at least the heads of October twenty twenty three to

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the twentieth of May twenty twenty four. This finding is

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based on the role of mister Latanyagu and mister Gallant

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in impedian humanitarian and in violation of international humanitarian law,

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and their failure to facilitate relieve by all means at

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its disposal. The Chamber found that their conduct led to

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the destruction of the ability of humanitarian organizations to provide

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food and other essential goods to the population in need

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in Gaza. They areforementioned restrictions, together with cotting of electricity

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and reducing fuel supply, also had a severe impact on

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the availability of water in Gaza and the ability of

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hospitals to provide medical care. The Chamber also noted that

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decisions allowing or increasing humanitarian assistance into Gaza were often conditional.

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They were not let to fulfill Israel’s obligations under international

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humanitarian law or to ends so that the civilian population

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in Gaza would be adequately supplied with goods in need.

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In fact, there were a response to the pressure of

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the international community or requests by the United States of America.

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In any event, the increases in humanitarian assistance were not

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sufficient to improve the population’s access to essential goods. Furthermore,

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the Chamber found reasonable grounds to believe that no clear

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military need or other justification under international humanitarian local be

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identified for the restrictions placed on access for humanitarian relief operations.

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Despite wartants and appeals made by inter Alia, the UN

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Security Council U and Secretary General States, and governmental and

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civil society organizations about the humanitarian situation in Gaza, only

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minimal humanitarian assistance was authorized. In this regard, the Chamber

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considered the pro long period of deprivation and Mistan that

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an Youngow statement connecting the halt in the essential goods

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and humanitarian and with the goals of war. The Chamber

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therefore found reasonable grounds to believe that Mister Nataniano and

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mister Galland be a criminal responsibility for the war crime

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of stagnation as a mental of warfare. The Chamber found

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that there are reasonable grounds to believe that the lack

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of food, water, electricity and fuel and specific medical supplies

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created conditions of life calculated to bring about the destruction

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of parts of the civilian population in Gaza, which resulted

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in the death of civilians, including children, due to malnutrition

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and dehydration. On the basis of material presented by the

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prosecution covering the period until the twenty eighth of May

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twenty twenty four, the Chelmber could not determine that all

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elements of the crime against humanity of extermination were made. However,

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the Chamber then find them there are reasonable grounds to

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believe that the crime against humanity of murder was committed

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in relation to these victims. In addition by intentional and

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limiting or preventing medical supplies and medicine from getting into Gaza,

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in particular anesthetics and anaesthetia machines, the two individuals are

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also responsible for inflicting great suffering by means of inhuman

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acts on persons in need of treatment. Doctors were forced

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to operate on wounded persons and carry out amputations, including

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on children without anesthetics, and or were forced to use

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inadequate and unsafe means to sedent patients, causing these persons

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extreme pain and suffering. This amounts to the crime against

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humanity of other inhuman acts. The Chamber also found reasonable

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grounds to believe that the abovement should conduct deprived a

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significant portion of the civilian population in Gaza of their

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fundamental rights, including the rights to life, life and health,

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and that the population was targeted based on political and

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or national grounds. It therefore found that the crime against

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humanity or persecution was committed. Finally, the Chamber assessed that

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there are reasonable grounds to believe that mister Natanyamo and

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mister Gallant be a criminal responsibility as civilian superiors for

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the war crime of intentionally directing attacks against the civilian

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population of Gaza. In this regard, the Chamber found that

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the material provided by the prosecution only allowed it to

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ment findance on two incidents that qualified as attacks that

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were intentionally directed against civilians. Reasonable grounds to believe exist

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that mister Natanyago and mister Gallant, despite halen margers available

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to them to prevent or repress the commission of crimes

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or ensure the submittal of the matter to the competent

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authorities failed to do so. Background. On the first of

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January twenty fifteen, the State of Palestine launched a declaration

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on that Article twelve three of the Rome Statutes, accepting

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jurisdiction of the Court since the thirteenth of June twenty fourteen.

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On the second of January twenty fifteen, the State of

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Palestine acceded to the Role Statute by depositing its instruments

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of actation with the UN Secretary General. The Role Statutes

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entered into face for the State of Palestine on the

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first of April twenty fifteen. On the twenty second of

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May twenty eighteen, pursuance two articles thirteen, eight and fourteen

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of the Rome Statutes, the States of Palestine referred to

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the Prosecutor of the situation since the thirteenth of June

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twenty fourteen with no end death. On the third of

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March twenty twenty one, the Prosecutor announced the opening of

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the investigation into the situation in the State of Palestine.

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This followed pre Trial Chamber Alice decision on the fifth

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of February twenty twenty one, that the Court called exercise

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its criminal jurisdiction in the situation and by majority that

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the territorial scope of this jurisdiction extends to Gaza and

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the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. On the seventeenth of

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November twenty twenty three, the Office of the Prosecutor received

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a further referral of the situation in the State of

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Palestine from South Africa, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Comoros and Jibouti, And

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on the eighteenth of January twenty twenty four, the Republic

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of Chile and the United Mexican States additionally submitted a

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referral to the Prosecutor with respect to the situation in

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the State of Palestine. Ossuardi greenin Ukunie in a more

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