Israel's Prime Minister and Defence Force confirm their commitment to international law in the conflict with Hamas in Gaza, but international community's tolerance is waning.
If Israel regards its conflict with Hamas as war, it is liable to abide by the international rules of war The Israel i Defence Force, its spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said this week, is a "professional military committed to international law"., Israel 's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, was a "tragic case of our forces unintentionally hitting innocent people in the Gaza strip. This happens in war".
Few criticisms of Israel's actions — until this week — have tended to be made without reference to the actions of Hamas on October 7. The aid workers tried to communicate to make clear who they were, he said, adding IDF knew they were in the area which it controlled. Mr Andrés said the third car was then hit, "and we saw the consequences of that".This has hardly been the only incident in which civilians or aid workers have been killed by the IDF in controversial circumstances.
"The British Army would under no circumstances have fired on that convoy, even if we could positively identify a Hamas gunman getting into one of the cars. You would know that every single person in the car would die. It would be inconceivable that the British or Americans would do that. The fact the Israelis destroyed all three cars is unforgivable," Lincoln-Jones said.
In considering Australia's national interest in dealing with an increasingly shocking global development, adherence to international law should surely be the starting point.
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