Claims of Hamas fighters in Gaza hospitals may have been exaggerated, says senior ICC prosecutor

Andrew Cayley, of the international criminal court, questioned reports used to justify Israeli military strikes

Claims about the presence of Hamas fighters in hospitals in Gaza under siege by Israel’s military have been “grossly exaggerated”, a top prosecutor at the international criminal court (ICC) has said.

Andrew Cayley, who is leading the ICC’s Palestine investigation, questioned the reliability of claims about military activity in Gaza’s hospitals which have been made to justify Israeli attacks on healthcare facilities in the territory.