Owner of destroyed media building in Gaza files 'war crime' complaint at ICC
The owner of the building hosting media offices in Gaza that was destroyed by Israeli air strikes has filed an official complaint with the International Criminal Court, his lawyer has said.
In his complaint, Jawad Mehdi said the 15 May attack, which took out the Gaza bureaus of the Associated Press, Al Jazeera, as well as several other media offices, including one belonging to MEE, should be labelled a "war crime".
"The owner of this building, who is a Palestinian, has mandated his lawyers to file a war crime complaint with the International Criminal Court," lawyer Gilles Devers said in a statement on Friday.
The filing, a copy of which was seen by AFP, comes after the chief prosecutor of the ICC warned last week that "crimes" may have been committed during the recent upheaval.