The report of the independent United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Israel and the Palestinian Territories found that Israel’s disproportionate attacks on Gaza between May 2021 and August 2023 constituted a war crime and that the ban on humanitarian aid to Gaza violated international law. This was reported by RIA News.
The document is described as “painful and timely” but was completed before the recent violence and covers the period from May 2021 to August 2023.
The report emphasizes that the damage caused by Israel’s attacks on Gaza is not proportional to the military advantage, and therefore these actions constitute war crimes.
Before that, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced the destruction of the head of general intelligence of the Palestinian Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip.
7 October Hamas forces launched Several thousand rockets were fired at Israel and the launch of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood was announced. Thousands of militants invaded Israeli territory, seizing dozens of military equipment and more than a hundred hostages. In this context, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu announcedthat the country is at war.
The Israel Defense Forces intervention operation was called “Iron Swords” and one of its goals was the destruction of Hamas. Israeli Air Force applied Hundreds of Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip were attacked, and Israel’s National Security Council decided to cut off the supply of water, food, goods, electricity and fuel to the strip.
Previously “socialbites.ca” answered On important questions about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.