Bereaved Gazans Look To ICC For Closure By Mai Yaghi
02/13/21 AT 11:25 PM
During the 2014 war in Gaza, Nevine Barakat lost her husband and saw three of her five children wounded in an Israeli bombardment of a school.
Today, she hopes the International Criminal Court (ICC) will finally bring them justice.
When the court ruled last week that it had jurisdiction in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories, opening the way for a war crimes investigation, Barakat immediately felt happy and full of hope . It was as if the world was beginning to understand that Israeli injustice had to be ended, she told AFP, fighting back tears.