Palestine calls on the ICC to launch an investigation into the crimes of the Tel Aviv regime after a young man was shot dead in the northern part of the West Bank.

He has vowed to improve the efficiency of the tribunal.

A spokesman for the Palestinian Authority said the threat from the Israeli regime to seize Palestinian homes in the neighborhood violates international law.

Amnesty International lauds the ICC’s decision to launch a formal inquiry into crimes in the occupied Palestinian territories as a “momentous breakthrough.”

‘The investigation will cover crimes within the jurisdiction of the Court that are alleged to have been committed in the Situation since 13 June 2014.’

On February 5, the International Criminal Court ruled it has jurisdiction over the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories.

The ICC’s member states are set to elect a new chief prosecutor to take over from Fatou Bensouda.

The Palestinian leadership has welcomed a decision by the International Criminal Court clearing the way for the prosecution of Israeli officials.

Iran’s foreign minister has lashed out at the US administration for imposing sanctions on the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), urging Washington to stop its “unceasing insanity”.

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu accuses the International Criminal Court of anti-Semitism over its plan to probe the occupying regime's war crimes.