Amnesty International called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate killings of Palestinian civilians in the occupied West Bank, where violence has ramped up significantly since the attacks against Israel on 7 October last year, The Journal reports.
In a report published by the human rights NGO today, Amnesty detailed four “emblematic cases where Israeli forces used unlawful lethal force”. Three of those incidents occurred in October and another in November.
In total, the four incidents resulted in the unlawful killing of 20 Palestinians, including seven children, the report claimed.
Amnesty researchers interviewed 12 people in compiling the report, 10 of them eyewitnesses. They included first responders and local residents. The organisation’s Crisis Evidence Lab also verified 19 videos and four photos in examining the incidents.
Between 7 October and 31 December, 299 Palestinians were killed in the occupied territory, a 50% increase compared to the previous nine months, Amnesty said.
