The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim Khan, said on Sunday that the people of Gaza deserve justice like any other people, and stressed the need to do something "to put an end to the catastrophic situation in Gaza."
Khan stressed – in a press conference held in the Egyptian capital Cairo – that all mosques, churches, schools and hospitals are protected under international law, adding that "it is not possible to accommodate what we see today in Gaza."
He noted his desire to go to the Gaza Strip "to meet those who are suffering, and to fulfill our commitment to them," and also stressed the need for Israel to abide by the court's "Rome Statute" in its war with Hamas.
He warned that he stood at the Rafah crossing at the gates of Gaza, unable to enter to see the suffering of its people, and said that obstructing the delivery of humanitarian relief supplies to Gaza "may constitute a war crime under the jurisdiction of the court."
He noted that any attack on civilians and protected facilities would be prosecuted in accordance with international law, and stressed that the investigation into the situation in the Palestinian territories "cannot be condoned."
He stressed the need to investigate the hostage-taking of civilians, in accordance with international humanitarian law, as well as the issue of hostage-taking and punishment of those responsible.
Regarding the "Al-Aqsa Flood" operation carried out by the Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, against settlements, barracks and bases in the Gaza envelope, Khan pointed out that "crimes committed in Israeli territory, if proven, will be investigated."
Earlier on Sunday, Karim Khan visited the Rafah land crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip in an attempt to assess the status of aid entering Gaza.
It is noteworthy that the Israeli occupation army has been waging since October 7, an unprecedented war on Gaza, where it has leveled neighborhoods and residential squares completely to the ground, and removed hundreds of families from the civil registry, as the death toll exceeded the barrier of 8000,<>, most of them children and women.