Hello and welcome to Coffee House Shorts, the Spectators' Daily Politics Podcast.

I'm Isabel Hardman and this is the Sunday Roundup.

This week's political shows were dominated by the Israel-Palestine conflict, as Israel

prepares for a land, sea and aerosol on Gaza.

Israel has said it will not supply water, fuel or electricity to the region, unless

her mass releases its hostages, and has instructed the people of Gaza to head south to avoid

the imminent attack.

A humanitarian disaster looms in an already densely populated area, and Victoria Darbyshire

asked his ready government advisor Mark Regev to respond to allegations that the actions

of Israel could be breaking international law and even amount to war crimes.

Regev denied the allegations, saying Israel works within the framework of international

law.

But he did imply Israel would target civilian zones when he pointed out that her mass has

built its military infrastructure underneath urban areas.

We put this to you, senior UN figures have warned that some of Israel's actions could

have amount to a breach of international humanitarian law, possibly even war crimes under international

law.

Do you accept that?

I don't accept that, Israel works within the framework of international law, the rules

of armed conflict.

And by asking civilians to leave the territory, we're making our effort to avoid civilian casualties.

But as one former UN head of humanitarian affairs said, Jan Eglend, the Israeli order

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