Lebanon hails ICC bid to probe Israeli war crimes

‘Lebanon’s Foreign Ministry has hailed a decision by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to launch a preliminary investigation into Israel’s war crimes against Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip.

An official statement released by the Lebanese Foreign Ministry on Saturday expressed optimism that the move would lead to “the prosecution of Israeli officials for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip.”

Lebanese Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil had urged the ICC last year to initiate a probe into the war crimes committed by the Israeli regime forces during their July-August 2014 war on Gaza.’

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