Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – Hostage Rescue Operations and the Law of Armed Conflict
by Kevin S. Coble, John C. Tramazzo | Dec 20, 2023
Israel – Hamas 2023 Symposium – Hostage Rescue Operations and the Law of Armed Conflict Last month, during a week-long ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, Hamas released 110 hostages in exchange for 240 Palestinian prisoners. Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)...Ukraine Symposium – Defiance of Russia’s Demand to Surrender and Combatant Status
by Chris Koschnitzky, Steve Szymanski | Apr 22, 2022
Ukraine Symposium – Defiance of Russia’s Demand to Surrender and Combatant Status Before its latest shelling of Mariupol, Russia demanded that fighters defending the city surrender, lest they face a “military tribunal.” More recently, there were rumblings that...