Egypt hinders investigations into Gaza war

Egypt has refused entry into the Gaza Strip to members of an international committee in charge of investigating Israeli war crimes.

The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) set up the committee.

Four French and Norwegian lawyers comprise the committee. The ICC had earlier started preliminary analysis into alleged Israeli war crimes in the Gaza war.

Israel’s 23-day onslaught in the Gaza Strip killed over 13,00 Palestinian and wounded nearly 5,500 others, a large number of them women and children.

Israel has been accused of using banned weapons against civilians including white phosphorus munitions and depleted uranium