A Dutch appeals court ruled on Tuesday that Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz and a former military official cannot face prosecution in the Netherlands over war crimes and alleged roles in a deadly 2014 airstrike in Gaza. Ismail Ziada, a Dutch Palestinian who lost six members of his family in the 2014 airstrike, filed the case as a civil suit, accusing Gantz and former air force commander Amir Eshel of the deaths of his relatives. He sought 600,000 euros ($660,000) in damages over the airstrike deaths, The Times of Israel reported In January 2020, the court ruled that the case against both men couldn’t proceed because the men have “functional immunity from jurisdiction.” Ziada wanted the Dutch court to order Gantz and Eshel to pay the damages and his lawyers argued that the men didn’t have immunity because their actions amounted to war crimes. The Hague Court of Appeal said on Tuesday that the lower …