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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 530

international law

Cars sit in traffic as people flee the southern villages amid ongoing Israeli airstrikes, in Sidon, Lebanon, Monday, Sept. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
October 9, 2024, 10:22 am
All’s fair in Lebanon war? When it comes to removing Hezbollah, Israeli experts say yes
Allegations of ‘forcible displacement’ of Lebanese civilians and disproportionate strikes on Hezbollah leaders do not match up with reality on the ground, according to academics
By Jeremy Sharon
Buildings razed in Gaza City's Shejaiya neighborhood, as part of the army's efforts to establish a buffer zone on the border with the Gaza Strip, in an image provided by the IDF on January 10, 2024. The Israel-Gaza border runs across the bottom of the picture. (Israel Defense Forces)
September 5, 2024, 8:53 am
Amnesty International calls for war crimes probe over creation of Gaza buffer zone
Rights group cites satellite data and soldiers’ clips, decries ‘wanton destruction and of collective punishment’; Israel says buffer zone needed to prevent another Oct. 7 massacre
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Britain's Prime Minster Keir Starmer departs 10 Downing Street to go to the House of Commons for his weekly Prime Minister's Questions in London, Wednesday, September 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
September 4, 2024, 5:32 pm
UK’s Starmer defends partial Israel arms halt as ‘legal decision,’ not policy change
Criticized by Jerusalem, British PM says ‘difficult issue’ is not a policy decision, reiterates that it does not signal change in UK’s commitment to Israel’s right to self-defense
By Agencies and ToI Staff
The International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, on March 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
August 9, 2024, 2:39 pm
Dozens of legal briefs filed to ICC on jurisdiction to prosecute Netanyahu, Gallant
US argues that under Oslo Accords, Palestinians agreed that they don’t have criminal jurisdiction over Israeli nationals; deliberations likely to delay decision on warrants
By Agencies and ToI Staff
People walk amid the rubble of buildings destroyed during the Israeli bombardment of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on April 16, 2024.,(Photo by AFP)
June 26, 2024, 11:55 pm
Israel rejects UN war crimes claim: Hamas turned ‘large parts of Gaza into combat sites’
Document responding to UN Human Rights office allegations says report suffers from ‘hindsight and methodological biases,’ lacks crucial information
By Jeremy Sharon
People enter the District Court in Stockholm, Sweden, on September 5, 2023. (Jonathan NACKSTRAND/AFP)
June 20, 2024, 4:41 pm
Swedish court clears former Syrian general accused of war crimes
Court affirms Syrian army committed war crimes in early 2012, but says there is not sufficient evidence Mohammed Hamo, 65, was personally involved
By Johannes LEDEL
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk listens to delegates after delivering his report of the situation in the West Bank and Gaza during the 55th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on February 29, 2024. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP)
June 19, 2024, 2:55 pm
UN rights office: Israeli Gaza strikes may have ‘systematically violated’ laws of war
Report does not mention Hamas’s October 7 attack, cites six incidents with high casualty counts that it calls ’emblematic’ of a pattern of behavior on Israel’s part
By ToI Staff
Israel's legal team waits to hear the arguments of South Africa's legal team as part of South Africa case against Israel over Rafah offensive at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, on May 16, 2024. (Nick Gammon/AFP)
June 15, 2024, 4:49 pm
Daily Briefing June 15: Day 253 – UN reports show the weakness of international law
In the wake of 2 UN reports, ToI’s senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur delves into global institutions used to delegitimize Israel, even as they don’t protect citizens under fire
By ToI Staff
Israel's legal team waits to hear the arguments of South Africa's legal team as part of South Africa case against Israel over Rafah offensive at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, on May 16, 2024. (Nick Gammon/AFP)
June 14, 2024, 9:05 am
What Matters Now to Haviv Rettig Gur: The weakness of international law
In the wake of 2 UN reports, ToI’s senior analyst delves into the use of global institutions to delegitimize Israel, even as they are unable to protect any world citizen under fire
By ToI Staff
Left: Karim Khan, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, announces he is seeking arrest warrants from the court’s judges for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, along with Hamas leaders Yahya Sinwar, Muhammad Deif and Ismail Haniyeh, on May 20, 2024 (ICC); Right: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a video address, May 20, 2024 (Screenshot/GPO)
May 20, 2024, 8:37 pm
Legal earthquake: ICC charges against Netanyahu would be unprecedented in court’s history
Court may take weeks or months to approve warrants. Gravest charges of crimes against humanity relate to humanitarian crisis in Gaza, alleged use of starvation as tool of war
By Jeremy Sharon
The 5 coffins of the Kotz family during their funeral in Gan Yavne, October 17, 2023. (Ohad Zwigenberg/ AP) surrounded by photos of the Kedem Siman Tov, Shosh, Shindler, Goldstein-Almog, Zak, Brodutch, Berdichevsky, Golan, Bibas, Kutz and Idan families, all of whom were among the many family units in which members were murdered, kidnapped or wounded by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2024*
May 20, 2024, 4:25 pm
Kinocide: Hamas targeting of families is a new crime against humanity
On October 7, Hamas committed atrocities deliberately targeting the family unit, a crime that is not defined in international law but should be
By Cochav Elkayam-Levy and Irwin Cotler
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives for a press conference at the US Embassy in China, April 26, 2024, in Beijing, China. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
April 28, 2024, 1:16 am
Some US officials believe Israel may be violating international law — internal memo
Other internal submissions to Blinken find Jerusalem’s assurances credible, ahead of May 8 report to Congress on whether IDF is lawfully using US arms
By Reuters and Jacob Magid
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivers his remarks, during the opening of the High-Level Segment of the 55th session of the Human Rights Council at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, February 26, 2024. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)
February 26, 2024, 3:06 pm
UN chief says world ‘less safe by the day’ amid Gaza and Ukraine wars, defends UNRWA
Guterres accuses combatants in conflict zones of ‘turning a blind eye’ to international law, calls Palestinian refugee agency a ‘backbone’ of aid efforts in Strip
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Foreign Minister Israel Katz tours the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial museum in Jerusalem, February 19, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
February 24, 2024, 11:07 pm
UN rights officials call for Israel arms embargo; FM: They’re cooperating with Hamas
Group of rapporteurs publishes statement saying providing any weapons to the Jewish state for use in Gaza war is likely to violate international law
By ToI Staff
F-35i fighter jets are seen at the Nevatim Air Base in southern Israel, in an undated handout photo. (Israel Defense Forces)
February 12, 2024, 2:35 pm
Court orders Netherlands to stop F-35 parts delivery to Israel over war on Hamas
Dutch government vows to appeal after judge says there is ‘undeniable’ risk exported parts are being ‘used in serious violations of international humanitarian law’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
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