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The War with Hamas: Legal Basics

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is highly complex, with various parties making different claims and accusations. It is essential to rely on credible sources and international law to understand and assess these events fully. Please see a legal review and analysis of the legal basics of the “Iron Swords” war.

29.10.2023

  1. The whole world saw Hamas perpetrate the mass murder of over 1,400 people in the cruelest and most unimaginably brutal ways, as well as other atrocities, including, among others, beheadings, torture, rape, and abduction, deliberately targeting residents of towns and villages in the southern part of Israel. These acts constitute war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide according to international criminal law. 

  2.  Evidence clearly shows that Hamas places its military infrastructure and its arsenal of ammunition and weapons in the heart of its civilian population, including in homes, schools, mosques, and businesses, and uses them as a base for its terrorist activities.

  3. It is also clear that the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) takes necessary measures in order to minimize civilian casualties in Gaza, including multiple warnings (days in advance) to evacuate areas in which Hamas has placed its rockets and other military installations.

According to leading experts in Israel and around the world, Israel complies with its international law obligations. We urge you to read the legal review below, to familiarize yourselves with the international law legal framework and respond swiftly and appropriately to the lies and propaganda of Hamas pro-terror supporters.

Read the full review here.

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