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In February 2024, Michael Fakhri, the UN special rapporteur on the right to food, accused Israel of genocide, war crimes, and using starvation as a weapon. He stated, "Intentionally depriving people of food is clearly a war crime. Israel has announced its intention to destroy the Palestinian people, in whole or in part, simply for being ...
On 12 December 1947, the Irgun placed a car bomb opposite the Damascus Gate, the main entrance to the Old City of Jerusalem, killing 20 people. [19] On 4 January 1948, the Lehi detonated a lorry bomb against the headquarters of the paramilitary al-Najjada located in Jaffa 's Town Hall, killing 15 Arabs and injuring 80.
October 27–28, 1933. British police. 4. 4 Palestinian rioters killed, 1 policeman stabbed, 3 Palestinian rioters wounded, 5 Jewish civilians injured by rioters, 4 of them seriously. Jaffa riots (April 1936) April 19–20, 1936. Arabs. 21. 9 Jews killed, 40 Jews wounded (11 critically) in Arab attack in Jaffa.
The Tantura massacre took place on the night of 22–23 May 1948 during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. Around 40–200 Palestinian Arab villagers from Tantura were massacred by Israel 's Haganah, namely the Alexandroni Brigade. The massacre occurred following Tantura 's surrender, a village of roughly 1,500 people in 1945 located near Haifa.
The region today: Israel, the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and the Golan Heights The history of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict traces back to the late 19th century when Zionists sought to establish a homeland for the Jewish people in Ottoman-controlled Palestine, a region roughly corresponding to the Land of Israel in Jewish tradition.
Arrest warrant requested. The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court ( ICC ), 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. [1] [2]
Main article: Allegations of genocide in the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel. Several experts in international law and genocide studies characterized Hamas' assault as genocide. [683] [684] [685] Legal and genocide experts have condemned the attack, during which 1,139 people were killed, including 695 Israeli civilians.
1948 Palestine war. 1948 Palestine war. Part of the intercommunal conflict in Mandatory Palestine, the Arab–Israeli conflict, and the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. Arab fighters in front of a burning Haganah armoured supply truck near the city of Jerusalem ( c. 1948) Date. 30 November 1947 – 20 July 1949.