The International Criminal court has opened a formal investigation into allegations of war crimes in the Palestinian Territories. It will look into events in the Israeli Occupied west bank, eastjerusalem and gaza strip sincejune 2014. Paul hawkins reports. Is this a war crime . Palestinian homes in the occupied west bank demolished by israel to make way for israeli homes, homes which the un says are illegal. Israel disagrees. The icc will now formally investigate if this is a war crime. So too israels Military Occupation in gaza. This was 2015 with the clashes on the border with israel. The icc will also look into alleged palestinian war crimes, like hamas Firing Rockets into israel during the 2014 war. The icc s announcement comes after a five year preliminary investigation. It says it has the jurisdiction to investigate because the palestinians signed up to the court in 2015, so it will now investigate events in the Israeli Occupied west bank, eastjerusalem and gaza strip since june