Ex-Israeli PM Olmert faces war crimes complaint over 2008 Gaza offensive

Human rights organisation Hind Rajab Foundation on Thursday said it has filed a complaint in Germany against former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert for committing war crimes during the 2008-2009 attack on Gaza.

“Under Olmert’s leadership, the Israeli government and military high command executed a large-scale military campaign that resulted in the indiscriminate bombardment of densely populated civilian areas, the destruction of hospitals, schools, and UN facilities, and the killing of more than 1,300 Palestinians, among them over 300 children and 115 women,” the Hind Rajab Foundation said in a statement.

“Those responsible for war crimes must know that accountability has no expiration date and that the world is closing in on impunity,” said Dyab Abou Jahjah, general director of the foundation.