LONDON: Britain’s foreign minister David Cameron on Tuesday said he was worried that Israel might have breached international law in war in Gaza, Western media reported.
Cameron while taking questions from parliament’s foreign affairs committee said that Israel has to answer some questions to a challenge at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague.
Britain has also called Israeli military to show restraint and act within international law in its war on Gaza.
Cameron did not directly answer parliamentarians as if he had received any legal advice that Israel might have broken international law, but added that some incidents had raised questions over whether there had been violations.
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He said that there was always a question mark over whether a given incident broke international law, which lawyers would examine and then advise him over.
Blinken urges Israel to avoid further harm in Gaza
Amid growing international concern over the huge Palestinian death toll from the Israeli attacks, as well as a deepening humanitarian crisis, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has asked Israel to do more to avoid further harm to non-combatants and to protect civilian infrastructure.
On October 7, Israel launched a widespread military operation in Gaza, resulting in at least 23,210 casualties, mostly women and children, according to the health ministry in Gaza.
The ministry said in a statement that it had recorded 126 deaths in the past 24 hours. The ministry also reported that 59,167 people have been wounded in the Gaza Strip during more than three months of relentless Israeli bombardments.
