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On 8 November 2023, three leading Palestinian Human Rights organisations, Al Haq, Al Mezan, and PCHR, represented by Emmanuel Daoud, Attorney at the Paris Bar and the International Criminal Court (ICC), have filed a lawsuit with the ICC under the authority of Article 15 of the Rome Statute.
In this submission to the court, the claimants call for urgent attention to the continuous barrage of Israeli airstrikes all over Gaza, the suffocating siege imposed on this territory, the forced displacement of its population, the use of white phosphorus on civilians, and the near total denial of necessities for life, such as food, water, fuel, and electricity. These actions amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity, including genocide and incitement to genocide.
“There is no place for double standards in International Justice,” said Emmanuel Daoud, who also filed a lawsuit with the ICC against Russian leaders for their war crimes against Ukrainians and obtained the issuance of an arrest warrant against President Putin.
“Whether war crimes are committed in Ukraine or Palestine, the culprits should be held to account.”
The file submitted to the ICC strongly urges the Office of the Prosecutor to:
INVESTIGATE crimes against humanity, notably apartheid, and the crime of genocide, in the ongoing investigation into the situation in the State of Palestine, and
ISSUE arrest warrants expeditiously for those suspected of these crimes within the Israeli political, military, and administrative apparatus, especially President Isaac Herzog, prime minister Benyamin Netanyahu, defence minister Yoav Gallant and others.
Over the past month, the relentless reports of more than 10,000 Palestinian civilian victims in Gaza, predominantly women and children, highlight the urgent need for swift action. The UN has called Gaza “a graveyard for children” and the stakes are higher than ever. Gaza is home to 2.3 million people of which 1 million are children.
“We implore the ICC to acknowledge its moral and judicial responsibilities and act decisively upon our communication,” said Daoud. 10:19 AM @joegaza93 I survived by a miracle.
The day before yesterday I was in the hospital working and I’m since the beginning of the Israeli war on #Gaza haven’t left the hospital before, I was there all the time and wasn’t expecting that’s the Israeli tanks will be reach the hospital gates soon, on Wednesday 8 of November Al Nasser neighborhood exposed to heavy shelling by Israeli artillery and warplanes and later at night the bullets hits the hospital walls and the bombing was very close to us, I waited until the morning on Thursday and left the hospital with group of families and their kids and flee to the south of #Gaza, no one can imagine how hard was to get out the hospital gate, Israeli armed drones was flying over our heads and they attacked a group of people a while before we leave the hospital and killed them, the Israeli tanks was very close to us only few tens meter far from us, we walked 4 kilometers until we reached a safe place eastern of Gaza, they we take a car to the Al Zayton neighborhood south of #Gaza, and there was thousands of people fleeing towards the south of Gaza, as the Israeli occupation forces told the people you just flee from 10 AM to 2 PM this is the time allowed for us to flee, after we reached Al Zayton area we walked on feet in front of the Israeli tanks on Salah Din street, 5 Israeli tanks and bulldozers was on the road side we walked without looking to it and rise our IDs in our hand, we walked 3 kilometers until we reached Gaza valley, then we take a car to Khan Younis city southern of #Gaza strip and now we are in UNRWA school.
Unfortunately now the tanks are on the hospital gates, in front of Al Nasser pediatric hospital in the center of #Gaza city, there is 3 hospitals there 2 of them for pediatric and there are patients and nurses and doctors there also there are displaced people inside it not they are trapped and under Israeli tanks siege. 
