A report by The Guardian on Monday revealed a complaint on war crimes committed by 10 Britons who fought alongside the Israeli occupation in Gaza.
According to the report, the complaint will be submitted to the Metropolitan Police by one of the UK’s top human rights lawyers.
Michael Mansfield KC, alongside a group of lawyers, will present a 240-page dossier to Scotland Yard’s war crimes unit on Monday, accusing the suspects of targeted killings of civilians and aid workers, indiscriminate attacks on civilian areas, including hospitals, and coordinated assaults on protected sites like historic and religious landmarks.
The report, compiled by UK lawyers and researchers in The Hague, also includes accusations of forced displacement of civilians. For legal reasons, however, the suspects’ names and the full report will not be made public.
The Israeli occupation has repeatedly denied committing war crimes during its Gaza assault, which killed over 50,000 people, mostly civilians.
Mansfield, renowned for his work on high-profile cases, stated, “If one of our nationals is committing an offence, we ought to be doing something about it. Even if we can’t stop the government of foreign countries behaving badly, we can at least stop our nationals from behaving badly.”
“British nationals are under a legal obligation not to collude with crimes committed in Palestine. No one is above the law.”
The report, submitted on behalf of the Gaza-based Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) and the UK-based Public Interest Law Centre (PILC), outlines alleged crimes committed in Gaza from October 2023 to May 2024 and was compiled over six months.
