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The Israeli Defense Forces have been accused of using Palestinians as human shields. Examples of this include: IDF soldiers putting Palestinian civilians in front of them or otherwise putting civilians in the line of fire; [9] forcing Palestinians to remove suspicious objects (possible explosives); [9] sending Palestinians to try and persuade militants to surrender themselves (so-called ...
Many health workers have been killed during attacks on medical facilities and medical transport in the Israel–Hamas war. [1] [2] Although the injuries happened both on the Israeli [3] side and on the Palestinian side, [4] most of these attacks were carried out by Israeli forces against Palestinians.
During the early stages of the war, a video described as “Hamas executes people by throwing them off a roof of a building!” was shared widely on social media. [29] But the video did not depict Hamas, or any other group based in Palestine, it was a misrepresented video of ISIS in Iraq, from 2015. [29]
The widespread civilian deaths have led to accusations of war crimes against both Israel and Hamas. [81] [82] As a result of the invasion, South Africa instituted proceedings against Israel in the International Court of Justice (ICJ), charging that Israel was committing genocide [83] and requesting that the ICJ render provisional measures of ...
Israel has conditioned its lifting of the blockade with the return of the hostages abducted by Hamas, [3] which has been criticized as collective punishment and an apparent war crime. [4] Later, Israel eased the complete blockade, but still continued to severely restrict the amount of aid entering the Gaza Strip.
Israel is alleged to have broken medical neutrality, a war crime under the Geneva Conventions. [10] [11] According to Gaza officials, the IDF deliberately targeted ambulances and health facilities with airstrikes.
It wanted explicit condemnation of Hamas' attack on 7 October. [26] [27] Australia also abstained due to the omission of Hamas in the draft as the perpetrator of the 7 October attacks. [28] In a statement, Hamas expressed its support for the resolution and stated that it needed to be immediately implemented. [24]
Further, this article isn’t limited to Hamas’ war crimes or Israel’s; it’s about war crimes in the Israel-Hamas war. If the Houthi’s commit war crimes as part of their participation in the conflict (and thinking about it, they might have with their attacks on neutral civilian shipping) then it belongs in this article.