{"id":752,"date":"2026-07-28T11:19:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T11:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aldameer.org\/en\/?p=752"},"modified":"2026-07-28T11:19:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T11:19:06","slug":"al-dameer-association-for-human-rights-submits-communication-to-the-international-criminal-court-documenting-the-deaths-of-nine-palestinian-detainees-in-israeli-military-custody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aldameer.org\/en\/?p=752","title":{"rendered":"Al-Dameer Association for Human Rights Submits Communication to the International\u00a0 Criminal Court Documenting the Deaths of Nine Palestinian Detainees in Israeli Military\u00a0 Custody\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>28\/7\/2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Al-Dameer Association for Human Rights Submits Communication to the International\u00a0 Criminal Court Documenting the Deaths of Nine Palestinian Detainees in Israeli Military\u00a0 Custody\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Al-Dameer Association for Human Rights announces that it has submitted a formal communication\u00a0 to the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), pursuant to Article 15 of\u00a0 the Rome Statute, documenting the deaths of nine Palestinian civilian detainees from the Gaza Strip\u00a0 who died in Israeli occupation custody between December 2023 and June 2024. This is within the\u00a0 framework of the existing active investigation into the Situation in the State of Palestine\u00a0 (ICC-01\/18).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The nine detainees were aged between 25 and 75 years and were all in good health at the time of\u00a0 their arrest. They were taken from their homes, from military checkpoints, from a civilian displacement shelter, and in two cases from Al-Shifa Hospital, in direct violation of the protections\u00a0 afforded to civilian hospitals under GC IV Articles 18 and 19. All nine were transferred to Sde\u00a0 Teman military detention camp inside Israeli territory, in violation of Article 76 of the Fourth\u00a0 Geneva Convention. Family visits, legal access, and ICRC access were denied in every case\u00a0 throughout the entire period of detention.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The deaths were confirmed through official Israeli responses to Freedom of Information requests. In every case, Israeli occupation authorities confirmed the date of death but refused to disclose any<br \/>\ncause of death. No body has been returned to any family. Israel claimed internal Military Police\u00a0 investigations had been opened, but these have produced no charges, no findings, and no information to the families.<br \/>\nSix of the nine died within 20 days of arrest. Two detainees arrested from Al-Shifa Hospital on the\u00a0 same date both died within a fortnight. Two others, arrested from different locations on the same\u00a0 date, died on exactly the same date 98 days later. Al-Dameer affirms that these facts establish a\u00a0 reasonable basis to believe that the deaths resulted from wilful killing, torture, and inhuman\u00a0 treatment, constituting war crimes under Article 8(2)(a) and crimes against humanity under Article 7\u00a0 of the Rome Statute, including enforced disappearance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Al-Dameer calls upon the ICC Prosecutor to prioritise the investigation of deaths at Sde Teman as\u00a0 an urgent line of inquiry, and upon the international community to demand that the Israeli\u00a0 occupation authorities disclose the causes of death, return all bodies to their families, and submit to\u00a0 genuine accountability for crimes committed within their detention system<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>28\/7\/2026 Al-Dameer Association for Human Rights Submits Communication to the International\u00a0 Criminal Court Documenting the Deaths of Nine Palestinian Detainees 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