00:00 My office has an ongoing investigation with jurisdiction over Palestine that goes back to 2014
00:06 and any crimes committed on the territory of Palestine and any crimes committed whether it's
00:13 by Israel on Palestine or whether it's acts committed on the territory of Palestine
00:18 or from Palestine into Israel and this includes current events in Gaza and also current events
00:28 in the West Bank. Hostage taking represents a great breach to the Geneva Conventions, it represents a
00:34 specific offence under the Rome Statute and I call for the immediate release of all hostages
00:41 taken from Israel and for their safe return to their families.
00:48 Impeding relief supplies as provided by the Geneva Conventions may constitute a crime
00:56 within the court's jurisdiction and I want to underline clearly to Israel that there must
01:03 be discernible efforts without further delay to make sure civilians receive basic food, medicine,
01:11 anaesthetics, morphine. So this morning I saw trucks
01:21 full of goods, full of humanitarian assistance, stuck where nobody needs them,
01:28 stuck in Egypt, stuck on Rafa and away from the hungry mouths or the bleeding wounds.
01:37 These supplies must get to the civilians of Gaza without delay. In this regard I have to say that
01:46 Israel has clear obligations in relation to its war with Hamas, not just moral obligations but
01:55 legal obligations to comply with the laws of armed conflict.
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