Q&A: 2014 Hostilities between Israel and Hamas

Email The following questions and answers address issues relating to international humanitarian law (the laws of war) governing the conflict between Israel and Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups in Gaza that began on July 7, 2014. Israel began a ground invasion of Gaza on July 17. The purpose here is to provide analytic guidance for those who are examining the fighting, as well as for the parties to the conflict and those with the capacity to influence them. The following questions and answers address issues relating to international humanitarian law (the laws of war) governing the conflict…

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