That ratio is tremendously positive,' said IDF Spokesman Jonathan Conricus when asked in December 2023 about Israel's assessment that it had killed two Palestinian civilians for every one Hamas ...

Simply put, these instruments seek to spare civilians and others who are no longer active combatants from the effects of hostilities by placing restrictions and prohibitions on the conduct of warfare.

Some commentators have criticized Israel for causing what is claimed to be disproportionate harm to civilians in its military response to Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack. Others have defended Israel’s ...

The calls for a new international legal instrument to ban or restrict cluster munitions derive in large part from the weapons’ significant and foreseeably grave aftereffects on civilians, 1 which have ...

It did not take long at all for the usual anti-Zionist politicians, pundits and members of the public to regather their composure — even after seeing pictures of the shocking atrocities committed by ...

As the ground engagement ramps up in Gaza, it is important to preview some of the particular challenges the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) will face while conducting urban warfare. The rules of ...

In this talk, Dr Boyd Van Dijk will trace the rise and fall of proportionality in U.S. government and military legal thinking. During the Vietnam War, U.S. officials initially resisted international ...

The scene in the Bureij refugee camp following an Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip on Nov. 14, 2023. AP Photo/Adel Hana Jessica Wolfendale, Case Western Reserve University Some commentators have ...