User:Irtapil/Israeli war crimes (from Turkish 2023-10-23)
Since the 2023 Israel-Hamas war began on October 7, 2023, the UN Human Rights Council has acknowledged "clear evidence" of war crimes occurring during the 2023 Israel-Hamas war. The Joe Biden government in the USA has approved Israel's war crimes. [1] The International Criminal Court has confirmed that its mandate to investigate alleged war crimes committed in the State of Palestine since June 2014 extends to the current conflict. Several actions carried out by the Israeli military as collective punishment are in violation of international and non-international agreements on armed conflicts, in particular Article 3 of the Geneva Convention. They were considered war crimes prohibited by Article 1 and Additional Protocol No. 2. Human Rights Watch confirmed that Israel used white phosphorus munitions during the 2023 Hamas-Israel war crimes. Human Rights Watch said such use was a "human rights violation" and put civilian lives at risk. [2] A group of UN special rapporteurs described Israel's air strikes on Gaza as a form of collective punishment, stating that these air strikes were "absolutely prohibited under international law and considered a war crime." [3]
United Nations special rapporteurs, organizations such as Human Rights Watch, Doctors Without Borders, Amnesty International and human rights experts accused Israel of war crimes. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] Human rights experts argue that the actions carried out by the Israeli army during armed conflicts in the occupied territories are classified as war crimes. [9]
access to water[change | change source]
All access to water has been closed as part of Israel's siege of the Gaza Strip . [10] 51 of the Berlin Water Resources Rules. The article prohibits warring parties from removing water or water infrastructure to the point of death or forced displacement. [11]
On 14 October, UNRWA announced that clean drinking water was no longer available in Gaza and two million people were at risk of dying from thirst. [12]
On October 15, Israel agreed to the resumption of water supplies in southern Gaza. However, rescuers and government spokespersons reported that water was not available. [13] [14] [15] Josep Borrell, the EU's top diplomat, described Israel 's water cuts as "contrary to international law". [16]
Using phosphorous ammunition[change | change source]
On October 12, 2023, Human Rights Watch announced that the Israeli army used white phosphorus munitions in Gaza. White phosphorus burns on contact with skin and can cause deep and serious injuries. It can also lead to multiple organ failure, and even minor burns can be fatal. According to the report of Human Rights Watch, the use of white phosphorus causes houses to be burned and civilians to be harmed. The use of white phosphorus violates the requirements of international humanitarian law to take all possible measures to prevent injury and loss of life to civilians. [17]
violent attacks[change | change source]
The United Nations announced that Israeli air operations targeted residential towers, buildings, schools and UNRWA facilities, resulting in the deaths of thousands of civilians in Gaza. While human rights experts have described Israel's indiscriminate air strikes as a war crime, Israel has denied this accusation. UNRWA called on Israel not to bomb the 270,000 sheltered Palestinians, emphasizing that international law prohibits targeting these people. The IDF said it was controlling the attacks to ensure a safe evacuation route. Israel Defense Forces spokesman Daniel Hagari stated that "the emphasis is on damage, not accuracy." [18] [19]
see also[change | change source]
- Israel's 2023 siege of the Gaza Strip
- Seyyid Rezi Musevi Çaşmi
Source[change | change source]
- ↑ "The U.S. Is Giving Israel Permission for War Crimes". Archived from the original on 22 Ekim 2023. Retrieved 7 Kasım 2023.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=and|archive-date=(help) - ↑ "Israel calls on 1.1 million Gazans to evacuate south in order UN warns is 'impossible'". Archived from the original on 22 Ekim 2023. Retrieved 13 Kasım 2023.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=and|archive-date=(help) - ↑ "UN experts say Israel's strikes on Gaza amount to 'collective punishment'". Archived from the original on 12 Ekim 2023. Retrieved 13 Kasım 2023.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=and|archive-date=(help) - ↑ "Gaza: Apparent War Crimes During May Fighting". Archived from the original on 11 Nisan 2022. Retrieved 14 Kasım 2023.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=and|archive-date=(help) - ↑ "Indiscriminate violence and the collective punishment of Gaza must cease". Archived from the original on 22 Ekim 2023. Retrieved 14 Kasım 2023.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=and|archive-date=(help) - ↑ "Israel May Have Committed War Crimes in Jenin Operation, UN Palestinian Rights Official Says". Archived from the original on 7 Temmuz 2023. Retrieved 14 Kasım 2023.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=and|archive-date=(help) - ↑ "Israel/OPT: Investigate war crimes during August offensive on Gaza". Archived from the original on 19 Ekim 2023. Retrieved 14 Kasım 2023.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=and|archive-date=(help) - ↑ "Israeli Settlements Should be Classified as War Crimes, Says Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in OPT". Archived from the original on 25 Mart 2022. Retrieved 14 Kasım 2023.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=and|archive-date=(help) - ↑ "ISRAEL AND OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES". Archived from the original on 11 Ekim 2023. Retrieved 14 Kasım 2023.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=and|archive-date=(help) - ↑ "Gaza residents struggle to follow Israeli evacuation order amid critical water shortage". Archived from the original on 15 Ekim 2023. Retrieved 18 Kasım 2023.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=and|archive-date=(help) - ↑ "Water and Armed Conflicts". Archived from the original on 15 Ekim 2023. Retrieved 18 Kasım 2023.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=and|archive-date=(help) - ↑ "Water a 'matter of life and death' for Gaza after Israeli siege, says UN". Archived from the original on 14 Ekim 2023. Retrieved 18 Kasım 2023.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=and|archive-date=(help) - ↑ "Water runs out at UN shelters in Gaza. Medics fear for patients as Israeli ground offensive looms". Archived from the original on 15 Ekim 2023. Retrieved 18 Kasım 2023.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=and|archive-date=(help) - ↑ "Israel resumes its supply of water to Gaza". Archived from the original on 15 Ekim 2023. Retrieved 18 Kasım 2023.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=and|archive-date=(help) - ↑ "Renewed water supply to south Gaza agreed with Joe Biden: Israeli minister". Archived from the original on 15 Ekim 2023. Retrieved 18 Kasım 2023.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=and|archive-date=(help) - ↑ "Israel's move to cut Gaza off from food and water is against international law, says EU". Archived from the original on 15 Ekim 2023. Retrieved 18 Kasım 2023.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=and|archive-date=(help) - ↑ "Israel: White Phosphorus Used in Gaza, Lebanon". Archived from the original on 12 Ekim 2023. Retrieved 18 Kasım 2023.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=and|archive-date=(help) - ↑ Reed, John; Mehul, Srivastava (13 Ekim 2023). "Residents flee Gaza City as Israel tells 1.1mn to leave". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 13 Ekim 2023. Retrieved 13 Ekim 2023.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|access-date=,|date=, and|archive-date=(help) - ↑ "'Emphasis is on damage, not accuracy': ground offensive into Gaza seems imminent". The Guardian. 10 Ekim 2023. Archived from the original on 22 Ekim 2023. Retrieved 22 Ekim 2023.
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