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A war crime is a violation of the laws of war that gives rise to individual criminal responsibility for actions by combatants in action, such as intentionally killing civilians or intentionally killing prisoners of war, torture, taking hostages, unnecessarily destroying civilian property, deception by perfidy, wartime sexual violence, pillaging, and for any individual that is part of the ...
Starting on 17 October 2023, and in response to United States support for Israel in the Israel–Hamas war, Iran -backed militias initiated a coordinated series of more than 170 attacks on U.S. military bases and assets in Syria, Iraq, and Jordan. [33] [34] [35] These attacks resulted in injuries to dozens of U.S. service members.
10 killed, including Qasem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis. Location in Iraq. On 3 January 2020, Qasem Soleimani, an Iranian major general, was killed by an American drone strike near Baghdad International Airport, Iraq, while travelling to meet Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi .
2008–2009 war. During the 2008–2009 Gaza War, The New York Times reported that "armed Hamas militants in civilian clothes roved the halls" killing alleged collaborators. [33] Several reports by Israeli Shin Bet officials alleged that Hamas used Al-Shifa hospital as a bunker and refuge, knowing it would be spared by air strikes. [34]
The fifth war of the Gaza–Israel conflictsince 2008, it is part of the broader Israeli–Palestinian conflict, and the most significant military engagement in the region since the Yom Kippur War50 years earlier. [94] The war began when Hamas-led militant groups launched a surprise attack on Israelon 7 October.
On March 23, 2024, Israeli troops once again fired on Palestinians waiting for aid at the Kuwaiti roundabout, killing 19 and injuring 23 others in what Gaza's media office called a "massacre". See also. Israel portal; Palestine portal; Israeli war crimes; War crimes in the Israel–Hamas war; World Central Kitchen aid convoy attack; Notes
Pro-Palestinian protester in Columbus, Ohio, United States, 18 October 2023. Israel has been accused of committing genocide in the Gaza war and the Biden administration has been accused of complicity in the genocide. The complicity accusation has been made in court, by federal staffers, human rights organizations and academic figures around the ...
Al-Shifa ambulance airstrike. / 31.52417°N 34.44417°E / 31.52417; 34.44417. On 3 November 2023, amid the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip and siege of Gaza City, an Israeli airstrike hit an ambulance convoy departing from al-Shifa Hospital carrying critically injured patients. [1] The strike killed 15 people and wounded 60. [1]