Can Israel still claim self-defence to justify its Gaza war? Here’s what the law says
- Written by Donald Rothwell, Professor of International Law, Australian National University
On October 7 2023, more than 1,000 Hamas militants stormed into southern Israel and went on a killing spree, murdering 1,200 men, women and children and abducting another 250 people to take back to Gaza. It was the deadliest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust.
That day, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the country, “Israel is...
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