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The Observer reporter, Peter Beaumont, wrote that what happened in Jenin was not a massacre, but that the mass destruction of houses was a war crime, covered by Article 147 of the Fourth Geneva Convention in its prohibition on "the extensive destruction or unlawful appropriation of property, not justified by military necessity committed either ...
The Observer reporter, Peter Beaumont, wrote that what happened in Jenin was not a massacre, but that the mass destruction of houses was a war crime. Some reports noted that Israel's restriction of access to Jenin and refusal to allow the UN investigation access to the area were evidence of a coverup, a charge echoed by Mouin Rabbani , Director ...
The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (), Fatou Bensouda, on 20 December 2019 announced an investigation into war crimes allegedly committed in Palestine by members of the Israeli military or Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups since 13 June 2014.
Peter Beaumont (journalist) Peter Beaumont. Occupation. Journalist, author. Employer. The Observer. Peter Beaumont is a British journalist who is the foreign affairs editor of The Observer [1] as well as writing for its sister paper, The Guardian. He has covered wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Gaza and Kosovo. [2]
The 2014 Gaza war beach bombing incidents refers to two incidents that took place during the 2014 Gaza War on 9 and 16 July. In the first incident, Israeli missiles killed nine Palestinian children and young adults while they were following the 2014 FIFA World Cup on TV; in the second, four Palestinian children were killed by Israeli naval fire while playing on a beach.
Siege of Homs. / 34.73083°N 36.70944°E / 34.73083; 36.70944. a The siege of the rebel-held Waer district continued until 21 May 2017, when the rebels evacuated the area. The siege of Homs was a military confrontation between the Syrian military and the Syrian opposition in the city of Homs, a major rebel stronghold during the Syrian ...
70–120 killed [6] [7] Combatants and civilians. The Battle of Shuja'iyya [8] occurred between the Israel Defense Forces and the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades on 20 July 2014 during 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict in the Shuja'iyya neighborhood of Gaza City, in the Gaza Strip. [9] [10] : 71 Shuja'iyya, with 92,000 people in 6 sq-kilometres, is one ...
Use of human shields by Hamas. Many countries, including Israel, have accused Hamas of using human shields in the Gaza Strip, saying that Hamas has purposely attempted to shield itself from Israeli attacks by storing weapons in civilian infrastructure, launching rockets from residential areas, and telling residents to ignore Israeli warnings to ...