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Fri Aug 25, 2023, 09:02 AM Aug 2023

Dutch Supreme Court confirms immunity of former Israeli officers over a deadly 2014 Gaza airstrike

Source: Associated Press

Dutch Supreme Court confirms immunity of former Israeli officers over a deadly 2014 Gaza airstrike

BY MIKE CORDER
Updated 7:07 AM EDT, August 25, 2023

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch Supreme Court on Friday upheld a ruling that a Palestinian man cannot sue Israel’s former defense minister and another former senior military officer over their roles in a deadly 2014 Gaza airstrike.

The Highest Dutch court confirmed findings by judges in two lower courts that Benny Gantz and former Air Force Commander Amir Eshel are protected from civil proceedings in the Netherlands because they have “functional immunity.”

The long-running case was brought by Ismail Ziada, who lost six members of his family in the airstrike that lawyers for the two Israelis argued was part of an Israeli military operation during the 2014 Gaza conflict.

Ziada wanted the Dutch court to order Gantz and Eshel to pay damages. His legal team argued that the men didn’t have immunity because their actions amounted to war crimes.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/netherlands-israel-strike-gaza-gantz-immunity-court-bb02bc720306454264751ecbe6907c82

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