Is International Law Still Relevant After the Carnage in Gaza?

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Article

Publication Date

4-23-2024

Publisher

Arab Center Washington DC

Language

en-US

Abstract

According to the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the death toll in Gaza by Israel’s onslaught has passed 34,000 Palestinians, while thousands more are wounded and buried under rubble. Israel’s massive destruction of homes, schools, and hospitals has left 1.7 million Gazans internally displaced, with no homes to return to after the bombing ends. Meanwhile, the Israeli-imposed siege preventing the unhindered entry of food, water, and other humanitarian assistance has resulted in over one million Gazans facing starvation, famine, and disease. Israel’s actions followed a military incursion into southern Israel by Hamas on October 7, 2023 that resulted in around 1,200 deaths and the taking of some 240 Israelis hostage to Gaza. As the massive killing and destruction by Israel in Gaza continues while the world watches in real time, the persistent United Nations and civil society calls for adherence to international law understandably ring hollow.

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