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NGO Files War Crimes Complaint Against Hamas
(Jerusalem Post) Yonah Jeremy Bob - The NGO Shurat Hadin on Monday filed a war crimes complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice against a range of Hamas commanders for indiscriminate rocket fire against Ben-Gurion Airport during the summer Gaza war. The complaint was filed on behalf of 26 Americans on flights which were redirected or cancelled or were present at the airport on July 22 when most American and international airlines cancelled their flights due to rocket fire which struck a civilian home in the nearby city of Yehud. The goal is for the U.S. to criminally prosecute the Hamas commanders and rocket crew members involved, in the U.S. court system. The complaint argues that American law provides prison sentences of up to 20 years for any person who "unlawfully and intentionally uses any substance or weapon to perform an act of violence at an international airport when the victim is a national of the United States."