Gaza conference opens in Tehran

Iran set in motion a criminal case against the "Israeli" leadership, after an abundant amount of evidence revealed that Tel Aviv had committed mass violations of human rights during its three-week war on Gaza.

More than 200 prominent legal experts from various Muslim countries have arrived in Tehran to attend the two-day summit on Tuesday.

Chaired by Iran's Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, the summit intends to explore legal and judicial ways to prosecute "Israeli" political and military officials for resorting to acts of genocide and crimes against humanity in the war against Palestinians.

According to UN officials, most "Israeli" actions against the shell-shocked population of Gaza "appear to have all the elements of war crimes".

A war crime is defined as "a deliberate act that aims at harming civilians and causing great suffering, harming them physically, destroying their property in a way that cannot be justified".

Tel Aviv has not ratified the 1998 Rome Statute; therefore, "Israeli" leaders cannot be brought before the International Criminal Court in the Hague.

However, signatories to the Geneva Convention such as Iran can prosecute those involved in the assault on Gaza as culpable for war crimes.

"Israel"'s military foray into Gaza led to the death of nearly 1,400 Palestinians, most of them non-combatants.

Tel Aviv sparked a chorus of international condemnation after evidence pointed to its use of deadly white phosphorus shells in densely populated civilian areas and its employment of human shields during the conflict.