The world's agreement to protect civilians was never perfect. But that's no excuse for leaders in Russia, the US and the UK to row back from it Hamas's murder of Jewish civilians in the Kfar Aza kibbutz on 7 October was "without doubt a war crime", the BBC's Jeremy Bowen concluded in his report from southern Israel this week. But what, Bowen then asked, about the lives of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, who now face bombing and siege - and possibly an imminent ground war - as Israel retaliates. B...
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The Guardian - 13 Oct 2023 09:00
The world's agreement to protect civilians was never perfect. But that's no excuse for leaders in Russia, the US and the UK to row back from it Hamas's murder of Jewish civilians in the Kfar Aza kibbutz on 7 October was "without doubt a war crime", the BBC's Jeremy Bowen concluded in his report from southern Israel this week. But what, Bowen then asked, about the lives of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, who now face bombing and siege - and possibly an imminent ground war - as Israel retaliates. B...
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