section_path: Background/Gaza war
section_name: Gaza war
paragraph_text: Gaza war
  
  On 12 October 2023, ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan stated that both war crimes committed by Palestinians on Israeli territory and by Israelis on Palestinian territory during the Gaza war would be within the jurisdiction of the ICC's Palestine investigation. On 29 December 2023, South Africa filed a case against Israel at the International Court of Justice, alleging that Israel's conduct amounted to genocide.
  
  In late April 2024, ICC staff interviewed Palestinian hospital staff from the Gaza Strip about possible war crimes.