Gaza media building owner to approach ICC, confirms lawyer
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Saturday May 22, 2021
Smoke rises from a building housing the Associated Press and Al Jazeera media officers, moments before it collapses to the ground in Israeli air strikes, in Gaza City May 15, 2021. Photo: Screengrab from live Al Jazeera
Complaint says attack on May 15 was a war crime.
Lawyer says complaint would be formally sent to court by email later Friday.
Israel had claimed that Hamas military intelligence units were in the building.
THE HAGUE: The owner of a Gaza building housing international media, such as
Al Jazeera and
AP, that was destroyed by an Israeli airstrike announced that he will approach the International Criminal Court over the bombing.
With Gaza Offices Bombed, Journalists Struggle to Keep Reporting
Voice of America
23 May 2021, 04:05 GMT+10
Youmna El Sayed, a journalist with The Associated Press, lost her office and much of the equipment she uses to report when an Israeli airstrike destroyed the 11-story office building where she worked in Gaza City.
The first thing El Sayed did after the May 15 attack-in which Israeli authorities gave media an hour s notice to evacuate-was to try to find a safe place to rest and file stories. Initially, she went to al-Shifa Hospital. When she needed a rest, she would go to her car. The amount of equipment that we were able to take with us was very little, she told VOA via a messaging app.
Gazans celebrate after Israel and Hamas begin truce
People gesture near the rubble of a damaged building as Palestinians celebrate in the streets following a ceasefire, in Gaza City May 21, 2021. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem Reuters / Thursday, May 20, 2021 People gesture near the rubble of a damaged building as Palestinians celebrate in the streets following a ceasefire, in Gaza City May 21, 2021. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem Close 1 / 18
Palestinians celebrate in the streets following a ceasefire, in the southern Gaza Strip May 21, 2021. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa Reuters / Thursday, May 20, 2021 Palestinians celebrate in the str
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