Egypt Daily News – The Israeli army is investigating at least 16 attacks carried out by its forces against the completely devastated northern Gaza, where more than a thousand Palestinians were killed in less than a month, with the aim of avoiding future lawsuits from the international community regarding possible war crimes, according to the Haaretz newspaper , Thursday.
These attacks, which occurred between October 21 and November 2, will be investigated by the General Staff’s Factual Assessment Mechanism, known as the FFA Mechanism, which will determine whether… These attacks were inappropriate, or went beyond international humanitarian law, which specifies what can and cannot be done during armed conflict.
The Israeli newspaper reported: “The investigation system of the General Staff will submit its recommendations to the Military Attorney General, who in turn will decide whether to open a criminal investigation or not.”
Despite this, non-governmental organizations confirmed that not only were previous investigations open for years, but no criminal investigations were opened, and “illegal acts” were covered up.
Haaretz added that among the attacks that were launched, there were 6 of them in Jabalia and the same in Beit Lahia, two attacks in the Shati camp and another in Beit Hanoun, and the same in Gaza. As a result of these attacks, at least 285 Gazans were killed, including many children.
One of the bloodiest attacks was the one committed on October 29 in Beit Lahia, where 92 people were killed, the majority of whom were women and children, and dozens were injured, according to Ministry of Health data, as a result of an attack on a 5-storey residential building.
