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Hamas' use of indiscriminate rocket attacks on civilians has been widely condemned as a war crime. [25] [26] Palestinian UN Observer Ibrahim Kraishi has equally decried the attacks, stating that "every rocket and mortar fired from Gaza toward Israel is a “crime against humanity.”
An independent United Nations expert said that Israel's widespread bombing of homes and civilian sites in Gaza and the indiscriminate firing of rockets by Hamas are "war crimes". Israeli strikes have destroyed or damaged 45% of homes in the Palestinian territory, detailed Balakrishnan Rajagopal in a press release, saying this destruction had an ...
The attacks were also crimes against humanity and war crimes." [34] On 24 October 2023, Genocide Watch issued a new statement. In the statement, scholars of Holocaust studies and genocide studies and prevention, including Gregory H. Stanton and Israel Charny asserted that Hamas' actions against Israeli civilians qualify as genocide and crimes ...
GENEVA (Reuters) -A U.N. commission of inquiry investigating war crimes on both sides of the Israel-Hamas conflict will focus on sexual violence by Hamas in the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel and is ...
The U.N. Security Council held an emergency meeting behind closed doors Sunday, with the United States demanding all 15 members strongly condemn “these heinous terrorist attacks committed by ...
Hamas has likewise accused the Israeli military — whose siege and bombardment of Gaza has killed 3,785 people as of Oct. 19, Palestinian officials said — of perpetrating war crimes.
The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem condemned it as a "a war crime that cannot be ignored." [95] On 24 October, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for an immediate ceasefire , after stating Israel had committed "clear violations" of international humanitarian law.
A bipartisan group of senators introduced a resolution Thursday condemning Hamas for its use of sexual violence during its Oct. 7 attack on Israel. The prevalence of sexual violence during Hamas ...