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May 28, 2018

Israeli-based NGO Building War Crimes Case Against Hamas Over Flaming Gaza Kites

A kite with a swastika drawn on it, used by Palestinians in Gaza to start fires in Israel
"An Israeli NGO is building a case against Hamas to submit to the International Criminal Court over the flaming kites the terror group has launched against Israeli border farmers in the last month.

According to Israeli media, the kites are responsible for some 260 fires in Israel's fields in the past month, destroying thousands of acres of crops and causing millions of dollars in damage.
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'Israel will not remain silent. The current security situation, in which fields and forests in Israel are burned every day by activists in a terrorist organization, is inconceivable,' Shurat HaDin's president, attorney Nitzana Darshan-Leitner, said.

'It cannot be that senior Hamas officials will accuse Israel of war crimes while using a civilian population - especially children - as human shields for their terrorist activities, which are repeatedly targeted at Israeli citizens. Therefore, we call on the International Criminal Court in The Hague to exact justice upon them,' she said..."
Date
May 28, 2018
Title
Israeli-based NGO Building War Crimes Case Against Hamas Over Flaming Gaza Kites, Jerusalem Post
Author(s)
Tovah Lazaroff
Original Source
https://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/NGO-building-ICC-war-crimes-case-against-Hamas-over-Gaza-flaming-kites-558544
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