Gaza death toll rises
At least 81 Palestinians have been killed and 422 injured in Israeli attacks across Gaza in the past 24 hours, according to the enclave’s Health Ministry.
The total toll in Israel’s war on Gaza has risen to 56,412 killings and 133,054 injuries since October 7, 2023.
At least 6,089 killings and 21,013 injuries came after Israel broke the ceasefire on March 18.
Girl with Down syndrome among 11 killed by Israel in Gaza City
We have reported earlier that 11 Palestinians were killed in an Israeli attack on the Tuffah neighbourhood of Gaza City.
Mahmoud Basal, a spokesman for Gaza’s Civil Defence, confirmed the figure in a statement on Telegram, adding that a girl with Down syndrome was among the women, children and elderly killed in the attack.
‘No one sure’ if ICC will survive Trump pressure as attacks on Gaza aid seekers continue
We’ve spoken to Triestino Mariniello, a legal representative for Gaza victims at the International Criminal Court (ICC), about potential legal ramifications over the killings of aid seekers in Gaza.
He said Israel was violating international humanitarian law by setting up the controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) to deliver aid in the territory, which he added had been created to “bypass” the fundamental principles of humanitarian aid delivery: independence, impartiality, neutrality and humanity.
Beyond the violations of international humanitarian law in the aid delivery, Mariniello told Al Jazeera that intentional attacks on civilian aid seekers amounted to war crimes, which both individual members of the Israeli military and the GHF would bear liability for before the ICC.
Asked whether the families of those killed near GHF aid sites in Gaza could feel comfortable in getting justice, he said that they should – but acknowledged that it would require political support for the ICC, as it faced an unprecedented attack from the Trump administration.
The Trump administration has sanctioned ICC judges, and is reportedly considering pulling funding for groups that investigate war crimes.
“The court is under incredible pressure and no one is sure, including the ICC staff, if in the next few months there will still be an International Criminal Court,” said Mariniello, adding that the court was “the only possibility” for the families of victims to get justice.
He said recent moves in Washington sent “a very dangerous” message about the new US approach to international human rights law: that “there must be no accountability for serious violations of international law, according to the Trump administration”.
A Palestinian man was wounded as a crowd gathered to receive aid supplies in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza
