What Does International Law Say about the Israel-Hamas War?

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🗓️ 12 December 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Health officials in Gaza report that at least 18,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since Israel began its bombardment of the region, in retaliation for Hamas’s October 7 attack that left 1200 Israelis dead and 240 more taken hostage. The war has created increasingly desperate conditions in Gaza as its health care system collapses, food and water shortages worsen and the vast majority of residents remain displaced. The humanitarian situation is leading to growing international calls for a ceasefire and demands from U.S. officials that Israel do more to protect civilians while the war continues. We’ll learn more about conditions on the ground in Gaza and whether and to what extent Israel and Hamas are violating international rules of armed conflict. Guests: David Scheffer, senior fellow, Council on Foreign Relations; former U.S. ambassador-at-large for war crimes, Clinton Administration; contributor, International Criminal Court; professor of practice, Arizona State University Bel Trew, chief international correspondent, The Independent Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:19.7	Coming up on forum, what international law has to say about the Israel-Hamas war.
1:25.3	Pressure is mounting for a ceasefire with a UN General Assembly vote,
1:29.1	and as an already dire humanitarian situation in Gaza worsens. More than 18,000 have been killed
1:35.2	in Gaza, an estimated 7,500 children, since Israel began its bombardment of the region
1:41.2	in retaliation for Hamas' October 7 attack that left 1,200
1:45.5	Israelis dead and some 240 more taken hostage. We learn more about conditions on the ground,
1:51.4	and whether and to what extent Israel and Hamas are violating international rules of armed
1:56.4	conflict. Join us.
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2:11.9	The WHO's Director General said Sunday, Gaza's health system is on its knees and collapsing.
2:18.5	This, as the agency also reports, a dangerous rise in infectious disease from scarce food or clean water,
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