Claims of Hamas fighters in Gaza hospitals may have been exaggerated, says senior ICC prosecutor
Andrew Cayley, of the international criminal court, questioned reports used to justify Israeli military strikes
Hasnain says:
“Cayley said the ICC faced “great difficulty assessing” the level of Hamas militant presence in hospitals “because clearly there are lies being spoken, but that is really something we do need to get to the bottom of as a prosecution office”.
He added: “I think that has been grossly exaggerated, but we need to be able to demonstrate very clearly what the level of military presence was, if at all, in these hospitals because I think we’ve been misled about that in the press.”
Cayley indicated that Israeli operations against Gaza’s healthcare facilities would be examined. “Looking at damage to health facilities, destruction of health facilities, we will be coming on to that probably later next year. We’re having to do this in stages simply because of the resources that we have,” he added.”
Posted on 2024-12-12T07:26:20+0000