The “Law of Armed Conflict” applies to government forces and organised armed groups, including both Israel and Hamas
Smoke rises after an Israeli airstrike that has been going on for five days in Gaza City Defence officials vowed to destroy Hamas after militants broke through its border walls on Saturday and killed at least 1,200 people, many of them civilians.A system collectively known as the “Law of Armed Conflict” applies to government forces and organised armed groups, including Hamas.
On Tuesday, the ICC confirmed its mandate applies to potential crimes committed in the current conflict and said it continues to gather information.Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant has drawn criticism from United Nations officials and human rights groups by announcing the tightened blockade on the Gaza Strip – an area home to 2.3 million people.
So far, at least 1,200 people – including 326 children – in Gaza have been killed by Israeli bombardments, and more than 5,000 have been wounded.said on Thursday that there would be no humanitarian break to the siege until all of its 150 hostages were freed, despite the Red Cross pleading for fuel to be allowed in to prevent overwhelmed hospitals from “turning into morgues”.
Mr Turk also condemned “horrifying mass killings by members of Palestinian armed groups” and said the militants’ abduction of hostages was also forbidden under the Geneva Conventions.On Wednesday, President Biden told a gathering of US Jewish community leaders at the White House that he had spoken with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and urged him to follow international law.
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