Mr Netanyahu’s far-right coalition partners want to annex parts of the Syrian Golan.
Testimony from members of mainly female look-out units adds fuel to accusations that Netanyahu badly misread the dangers from Gaza.
The Israeli military has regularly forced captured Palestinians to conduct dangerous reconnaissance missions, using them as human shields to avoid putting Israeli soldiers at risk. This practice, which is illegal under both Israeli and international law, has been used by at least 11 squads in five cities in Gaza, often with the involvement of Israeli intelligence agencies.
suspended to protect her from the Israeli kids chanting “May your village burn"
'Our lives are more important than their lives': Gazans not suspected of terrorism are detained and sent as human shields to search tunnels and houses before IDF soldiers enter, with the full knowledge of senior Israeli officers, several sources say; IDF claims this practice is forbidden
elying on an academic consensus based on statements of experts on genocide, human rights, human rights law and Holocaust historians.
“To insert a stick in a person’s rectum, is that legitimate?” asked Ahmad Tibi, a Palestinian lawmaker during a meeting, showed a video verified by several media outlets. “Yes! If he is a Nukhba everything is legitimate to do him,” screamed Milwidsky back.
At a military base that now doubles as a detention center in Israel’s Negev desert, an Israeli working at the facility snapped two photographs of a scene that he says continues to haunt him.
The IDF’s identification process is ongoing. In particular, the IDF is still trying to make an
accurate determination as to whether an additional 428 males between the ages of 16-50 (20% of
total fatalities and almost all of the unclassified fatalities) were involved or uninvolved in the
hostilities. Based on the IDF’s past experience, it is highly probable that in the upcoming months,
new information will surface demonstrating that some of these individuals were involved in combat
against Israel in the 2014 Gaza Conflict.
In the Jewish sample, we found large differences between political camps, though in all three there is a large majority who think that the suffering of the Palestinian population should not influence Israel’s planning of the war – almost total consensus on the Right (89%), more than three-quarters of those in the Center (77.5%), and just over half of those on the Left (53%).
The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel hereby submits its second report to the General Assembly. The report examines the use of force by Israel and the de facto authorities in Gaza.
“The atrocities we have witnessed since 7 October add an unprecedented urgency to our conclusions and recommendations,” Pillay said. “Civilians and civilian objects should always be protected. They are never a legitimate target. All parties must uphold their duty to protect them under international humanitarian law.”
experts estimate that as much as 40% of the housing in Gaza has been damaged or destroyed. The UN says 1.8 million people are internally displaced inside Gaza, many living in overcrowded UN shelters in the south
“Gaza: The Human Toll” captures the evolving humanitarian and health situation inside Gaza, understand how the conduct of the war is shaping outcomes, understand the policy and operational choices on the table, and think carefully about what may lie ahead.
Twenty of 36 hospitals no longer function; two thirds of primary health-care facilities closed; 108 attacks on health facilities
Suspect buildings are targeted with tanks or air strikes.