A Dutch court may help deliver justice for a Gazan family killed in an Israeli strike

The Real News Podcast · Nov 19, 2021 · 27m

In 2017, Ismail Ziada filed a civil suit at the District Court of the Hague against former Israeli military leaders Benny Gantz and Amir Eshel for their role in a 2014 strike—part of the Israeli offensive in Gaza known as Operation Protective Edge—which killed six of Ziada's family members. In 2020, the court dismissed Ziada’s civil suit, arguing that, as agents of the state, Gantz and Eshel enjoy functional immunity from prosecution, and the court had no jurisdiction over the matter.

Now, the Dutch court hearing his appeal has until Dec. 7 to decide whether the international legal principle…