"This incident was a grave mistake," IDF chief Herzi Halevi said in a video message after the strike that hit a World Central Kitchen (WCK) convoy delivering aid on Monday.
Robed officials from both countries will go head-to-head in the Great Hall of Justice in the Peace Palace in The Hague, a world away from the devastation seen in Israel and Gaza since the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks.
Khwaja wore shoes with an encrypted message calling for the freedom and respect of human lives in Gaza. The message written at the bottom of his shoes was in green and red color, signifying the colors of the Palestinian flag.
The head of Gaza City's Al-Shifa hospital, the largest in the Palestinian territory, was arrested Thursday by Israeli forces who said it was over the facility's alleged use by Hamas.
