US senator says Israeli forces violated international humanitarian law in Gaza

US Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff said Israeli forces violated the law of armed conflict and international humanitarian law during its war on the Gaza Strip, Anadolu reports. Responding to a question at a Georgia Senate debate Thursday on whether Israel had committed genocide in Gaza, Ossoff said genocide requires a specific intent to destroy a national or ethnic group. “The question of genocide is a question of whether a government has the specific intent to destroy a national or ethnic group,” Ossoff said, adding that the determination was a matter for the International Criminal Court (ICC). “There is no doubt in my mind that Israeli forces prosecuting the war in Gaza violated the law of armed conflict and international humanitarian […]