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Kevin S. Coble,
Alexander Hernandez,
Gavin Logan
| Sep 6, 2024
Targeting in an Urban Environment: Why Weaponeering and Tactics Matter Israel’s ongoing urban operations in Gaza have drawn extensive international scrutiny. Critics have focused on the number of reported civilian casualties, with many attributing Israel’s use of...
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Steven Haines
| Jul 17, 2024
Protecting Schools in Armed Conflict In early July 2024, the BBC reported that the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) had conducted an air strike on a school in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza. According to Palestinian sources, sixteen people were killed, with...
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Jeffrey Lovitky
| Apr 2, 2024
Israel – Hamas 2024 Symposium – Civilian Protection as an Element of Military Advantage in Determining Proportionality In a prior post, I raised the issue of whether the protection of Israeli civilians may be treated as a military advantage in determining the...
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Jes Rynkeby Knudsen
| Feb 9, 2024
Military Objectives by Location Editors’ Note: This post is derived from a presentation given at the 2023 Israel Defense Forces Military Advocate General’s 4th International Conference on the Law of Armed Conflict. The rules relating to the targeting of military...
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Jeffrey Lovitky
| Jan 23, 2024
Application of the Principle of Military Advantage in Determining Proportionality This post examines the concept of “concrete and direct military advantage” used for purposes of applying proportionality rules in targeting. It concludes that military...
