PLO to file ICC case against Israel in April

The Palestinian Liberation Organization is to lodge its first complaint against Israel for the war crimes it committed during its genocidal war on Gaza in the 2014 summer.

The file will be submitted to the International Criminal Court on April 1.

"One of the first important steps will be filing a complaint against Israel at the ICC on April 1 over the (2014) Gaza war and settlement activity," Mohammed Shtayyeh, a member of the executive committee of the PLO told AFP on Monday

On Jan. 2, the PLO moved to formally join the Hague-based court in a process which is due to take effect on April 1.