“International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim A.A. Khan KC addresses journalists after visiting the Rafah Border Crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip on 29 October 2023. From Cairo, the Prosecutor gives a statement on the current situation in Israel and the State of Palestine”.
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[Ends]#ICC Prosecutor @KarimKhanQC addresses journalists after visiting the Rafah Border Crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip on 29 October 2023.
— Int'l Criminal Court (@IntlCrimCourt) October 29, 2023
From Cairo, the Prosecutor gives a statement on the current situation in Israel and the State of Palestine👇https://t.co/666En6yBIT
International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan speaks during an interview with Reuters about the violence in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories in The Hague, Netherlands October 12, 2023. (File photo: Reuters)
International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan said Sunday preventing access to humanitarian could be a crime, after visiting Egypt’s Rafah crossing with Gaza, the main entry point for international aid.
“Impeding relief supplies as provided by the Geneva conventions may constitute a crime within the court jurisdiction,” Khan told reporters in Cairo.
He said he wanted “to underline clearly to Israel that there must be discernible efforts without further delay to make sure civilians” in the Hamas-run Palestinian territory “receive basic food, medicines”.
“I saw trucks full of goods full of humanitarian assistance stuck where nobody needs them, stuck in Egypt, stuck at Rafah,” Khan said.
“These supplies must get to the civilians of Gaza without delay.”
On Sunday the United Nations warned it feared a breakdown of public order after looting at food aid centres in Gaza run by its agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA.
UN chief Antonio Guterres said the situation was “growing more desperate by the hour” as casualties in the war increase and essential supplies of food, water, medicine and shelter dwindle.
People in the Palestinian territory have lived under Israeli blockade for 16 years and under complete siege for the past three weeks after the territory’s Hamas rulers launched deadly attacks into Israel that sparked a war.
Hamas militants stormed across the Gaza border on October 7 in the deadliest attack in Israel’s history, killing 1,400 people, mostly civilians, and kidnapping 239 others, according to Israeli officials.
The Palestinian health ministry in Gaza says the retaliatory Israeli bombardment has killed more than 8,000 people, mainly civilians and half of them children.
Khan said his office had an ongoing investigation into “any crimes committed on the territory of Palestine and any crimes committed, whether it’s by Israel and Palestine or whether it’s acts committed on the territory of Palestine or from Palestine into Israel.”
“This includes current events in Gaza and also current events in the West Bank,” Khan said, adding that he was “very concerned also by the spike of the number of reported incidents of attack by settlers against Palestinian civilians” in the territory Israel has occupied since 1967.
Khan also said hostage taking was a breach of the Geneva Conventions.
“I call for the immediate release of all hostages taken from Israel and for their safe return to their families,” Khan said.
The British lawyer said “Israel has clear obligations in relation to its war with Hamas, not just moral obligations but legal obligations” to comply with the laws of conflict.
“These principles equally apply to Hamas in relation to firing indiscriminate rockets into Israel,” he said.
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THE International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim Khan KC was at the Rafah crossing point between Egypt and the Gaza Strip this weekend. Watch his remarks on the current situation in Israel and the State of Palestine in this clip filmed outside the compound of the Rafah crossing.
Le Procureur de la #CPI @KarimKhanQC était au point de passage de Rafah entre l'Égypte et la bande de Gaza ce week-end.
— CPI-Cour pĂ©nale int. (@CourPenaleInt) October 30, 2023
Regardez ses remarques sur la situation actuelle en IsraĂ«l et dans l’État de Palestine (en anglais). 👇 pic.twitter.com/WC8rcf71mD
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Officials also fear the war could spread, trapping more Brits in Egypt’s Sinai peninsular and Lebanon.
SAS troops are now in Cyprus on standby for hostage rescue missions in Gaza.
The elite soldiers are also braced to free UK citizens trapped by the bloodbath.
SAS troops are now in Cyprus on standby for hostage rescue missions in Gaza Credit: BBC
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200 Brits are stranded in Gaza after Israel and Egypt sealed the strip’s borders Credit: 2023 Anadolu
Some 200 Brits are stranded in Gaza after Israel and Egypt sealed the strip’s borders and five are held there by Hamas terrorists.
Britain’s military bases in Cyprus offer a strategic presence in the eastern Med.
And the SAS sabre squadron has been joined on the island by a 100-strong crisis command team.
Their primary focus is the Gaza Strip but officials fear the war could spread, trapping more Brits in Egypt’s Sinai peninsular and Lebanon.
The SAS in Cyprus have the Special Forces Support Group with them and a fleet of their modified helicopters.
A similar joint force scrambled to Cyprus ahead of the Khartoum Airlift that rescued some 2,000 from war-torn Sudan in spring.
A source told The Sun: “The UK has permanent bases in Cyprus.
"You would expect us to make use of them when there is a crisis in the region like this.”
Defence and Border Force staff have also been deployed to Egypt in the hope that Cairo relaxes its chokehold on Gaza’s Rafah border crossing.
The MoD refused to comment on details of Special Forces operations.
Meanwhile, the Israeli army’s most elite fighting force Sayeret Matkal is likely to spearhead any hostage rescue in Gaza.
The shadowy unit, who wear maroon berets, are modelled on the SAS and have the same “Who Dares Wins” motto.
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is a former team leader in the crack military group, as was his brother.
Yonatan Netanyahu was killed in the famous air hijack hostages rescue involving Sayeret Matkal commandoes at Entebbe, Uganda, in 1976.
View original: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/24552018/sas-troops-standby-cyprus-rescue-gaza-hostages-brits/
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TEHRAN - A delegation comprising of three members of the Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Committee visited Russia on Sunday.
The purpose behind the trip is the ongoing developments in the Gaza Strip.
The delegation includes Vahid Jalalzadeh, Sara Falahi (the deputy chief of the committee), and Shahriar Heydari.
The delegation is scheduled to hold meetings with Russian officials.
Similar delegations had also visited Iraq and Lebanon in recent days.
Various teams from the parliamentary committee had previously paid visits to Russia to deliver the message of Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf.
View original: https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/490741/Parliamentary-team-visits-Russia
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TEHRAN- Iran’s president condemned Western backing for the Zionist regime’s atrocities in Gaza as the essence of racism and colonialism.
In a meeting with Niger’s Foreign Minister Bakary Yaou Sangare in Tehran on Wednesday, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi emphasized the Western countries’ hegemonic tactics throughout modern history.
Sangare, on his part, praised Iran’s advancements in a number of fields. He mentioned that his goal in coming to Tehran was to enhance collaboration with Iran and fortify Niger’s amicable relations.
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https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/490580/Support-of-Israel-insinuates-Western-racism-and-colonialism
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TEHRAN (Tasnim) - The president of Iran hoped for stronger relations with Turkey as the neighboring state is marking the 100th anniversary of its Republic Day.
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In a message to his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi congratulated Turkey on the 100th anniversary of foundation of the modern republic.
He also expressed hope for the expansion of political, economic and cultural relations between the two Muslim neighbors.
"I am confident that cooperation and consultation between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Republic of Turkey will have valuable blessings and benefits for the two nations and for the peace, stability and welfare of the regional and world countries," Raisi added.
The Turkish Republic, founded from the ruins of the Ottoman Empire by the national independence hero Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, turned 100 on October 29.
Erdogan will be front and center of day-long events that both honor the republic's founder and play up the achievement of AK party that has been running Turkey since 2002.
View original: https://www.bignewsnetwork.com/news/274014484/iran-congratulates-turkey-on-its-centenary
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The Sudan’s coup Foreign Ministry announced on Monday resumption of diplomatic ties with Iran, pledged to boost bilateral relations in all spheres.
Khartoum: Altaghyeer
Foreign Ministry of the Sudan’s coup authorities announced resumption of diplomatic relations, severed seven years ago, with the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Khartoum cut ties with Tehran in January 2016 during the regime of the deposed president Omer Al Bashir following attack on the Saudi Arabian embassy in Tehran by Iranian protesters. Bashir regime was at that time a close ally of the Saudi Kingdom.
The Ministry said Khartoum and Tehran decided to resume their diplomatic relations for the interest of the two countries.
The Ministry said the two sides agreed to take required measures to reopen embassies in the two countries soon.
Observers have expected that a number of Arab countries would follow suit Saudi Arabia who resumed diplomatic relations with Iran in March.
View original: https://www.altaghyeer.info/en/2023/10/10/sudan-resumes-diplomatic-relations-with-iran/
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Summary
Source: BBC News Live Reporting Sat, 28 Oct 2023 00:50 BST. Read latest:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-middle-east-67246761
UN Photo/Evan Schneider Members of the United Nations General Assembly vote on a resolution at the resumed 10th Emergency Special Session meeting on the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
BREAKING: UN General Assembly ADOPTS resolution on “protection of civilians and upholding legal and humanitarian obligations” on the ongoing Gaza crisis
— UN News (@UN_News_Centre) October 27, 2023
FOR: 120
AGAINST: 14
ABSTAIN: 45
LIVE COVERAGE https://t.co/MOnKoTdNsb pic.twitter.com/WG68GaxMMV
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