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A report compiled by prominent British human rights lawyers accusing 10 British citizens of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza is set to be submitted to Scotland Yard on Monday, The Guardian reported.
The 240-page dossier, the result of a six-month investigation, alleges the individuals were complicit in the targeted killing of civilians and aid workers—including by sniper fire—as well as in indiscriminate attacks on civilian areas, including hospitals.
The Guardian noted that the identities of the accused and the full contents of the report would not be made public “for legal reasons.”
According to the report, the 10 men, who served in the IDF, were also allegedly involved in attacks on historic monuments and religious institutions, as well as in the forced transfer and displacement of civilians. Investigators from The Hague reportedly assisted in preparing the case, which covers incidents from October 2023 to May 2024.
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“If one of our nationals is committing an offense, we ought to be doing something about it. Even if we can’t stop the government of foreign countries from behaving badly, we can at least stop our nationals from behaving badly,” said renowned British human rights lawyer Michael Mansfield, one of the report’s authors. “British nationals are under a legal obligation not to collude with crimes committed in Palestine. No one is above the law.”
The report will be submitted on behalf of the Gaza-based Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) and the UK-based Public Interest Law Centre (PILC) and is based on publicly available information and testimony from Gaza residents.
One account, from a man described as having worked in a medical facility in the Palestinian enclave, described bodies “scattered on the ground, especially in the middle of the hospital courtyard, where many were buried in a mass grave.” He added that a bulldozer “ran over a dead body in a horrific and heart-wrenching scene, desecrating the dead.” Neither the witness nor the facility was identified.
Sean Summerfield, another lawyer who helped compile the dossier, said the report presented a “compelling” case. “The public will be shocked, I would have thought, to hear that there’s credible evidence that Brits have been directly involved in committing some of these atrocities,” he said, adding that he and the report’s other authors hope to see the suspects brought to court.