A delegation of foreign prosecutors, including from Portugal, arrives in Israel on Monday to investigate the killing of two citizens by Palestinian militias during the October 7 attack.
According to the Israeli Ministry of Justice, prosecutors from Portugal, Germany, the United States, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic and Estonia will be accompanied by diplomatic representatives from Japan, Australia and Denmark on their visit to the communities bordering Gaza, where the attack occurred. The Palestinian Islamic movement Hamas claimed the lives of approximately 1,140 people.
The officials will hold meetings with the Israeli Attorney General, Gali Baharav Meara, with the Attorney General, Amit Eisman, and with members of the legal team that defended Israel before the International Court of Justice in the genocide case brought by South Africa, the decision of which is awaited.
The delegation will also meet with family members of the deceased on October 7, “in another step in efforts to take legal action against senior Hamas officials,” Justice Ministry Director General Itamar Donenfeld said in a statement issued by the ministry. The Times of Israel.
The ongoing conflict between Israel and the Islamic Resistance Movement broke out after the Islamic Movement’s attack on Israeli territory on October 7.
That day, 1,140 people were killed, most of them civilians, but also nearly 400 soldiers, according to the latest official Israeli figures.
About 250 people were taken hostage in these attacks, and according to Israel, 132 people remain detained in the Gaza Strip — 27 of whom have died, according to an AFP tally based on official Israeli figures.
In response, Israel, which promised to destroy the Palestinian Islamic movement, has since bombed the Gaza Strip, causing, according to local authorities, more than 25,000 deaths and more than 62,000 injuries.
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