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The Aftermath of Gaza's Safe Zone Raid

Israeli Airstrike

An Israeli airstrike killed at least 90 Palestinians

A designated humanitarian zone

Detailed Account

Understanding the Gaza Safe Zone Raid

The recent Israeli airstrike on Gaza’s safe zone has left 90 dead and 300 wounded, with many still missing under the rubble. The raid targeted an area presumed to be safe, leading to widespread destruction and loss of life. Among the chaos, there is uncertainty about the fate of senior Hamas commander Mohammed Deif. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has expressed uncertainty regarding Deif’s death but claimed the assassination attempts were beneficial to Israel. The international community, including European Union’s High Representative Joseph Borrell, has called for an independent investigation into the attack, citing the need for accountability. Verified images and videos show Palestinians sifting through debris, highlighting the tragic aftermath of the raid.

Israel is acting against international law ….

Joseph Borrell, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy

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Scenes of Devastation

Aftermath of the Gaza Attacks

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We should uncover the truth behind the recent Gaza Safe Zone Raid. Explore some untold stories, hear the voices of the affected, and delve deep into the aftermath of this devastating event. Shed light on the realities of war and its impact on innocent lives.

Was the senior Hamas military commander Mohammed Deif, the target of the attack/massacre killed?

There is no confirmed evidence that Mohammed Deif was killed in the recent attacks. Israeli officials have not been able to verify his death.

What evidence supports the claim that the attack and attempted assassination benefited Israel?

Israeli officials argue that the attempted assassination of Mohammed Deif would weaken Hamas’ military capabilities. However, the humanitarian cost and international backlash have raised questions about the overall benefit.

What was the international response to the attacks?

The international community, including the European Union, has called for an independent investigation into the attacks. There has been widespread condemnation and calls for accountability.

The humanitarian impacts of the attacks?

The attacks have resulted in significant civilian casualties and displacement. Humanitarian organizations are calling for immediate aid and support for the affected populations.

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A Comprehensive Timeline of the Israeli–Palestinian Conflict

Understanding the Israeli–Palestinian Conflict

Explore the key events that have shaped the Israeli–Palestinian conflict from its origins to the present day.

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1948: Declaration of the State of Israel

1948: Arab-Israeli War

1959: Dissolution of the Gaza Strip Protectorate

Present Day: Ongoing Conflict

Key Events in the Israeli–Palestinian Conflict

Significant milestones from 1948 to the present day.

1948

Declaration of the State of Israel

On May 14, 1948, the State of Israel was declared, marking the establishment of a Jewish state in the region.

1948

Arab-Israeli War

Following the declaration of Israel, neighboring Arab countries invaded, leading to the first Arab-Israeli war.

1959

Dissolution of the Gaza Strip Protectorate

The Egyptian military dissolved the Gaza Strip protectorate, which had been under Egyptian control since 1948.

Present Day

Ongoing Conflict

The Israeli–Palestinian conflict continues to this day, with ongoing tensions and intermittent violence.

In-Depth Analysis

The Israeli–Palestinian Conflict: A Detailed Overview

The Israeli–Palestinian conflict has its roots in the early 20th century, with tensions between Jewish and Arab communities in Mandatory Palestine. The conflict escalated with the declaration of the State of Israel in 1948 and the subsequent Arab-Israeli war. Over the decades, various attempts at peace have been made, but the conflict remains unresolved. Key issues include the status of Jerusalem, the right of return for Palestinian refugees, and the borders of Israel and a potential Palestinian state. Understanding the historical context and the perspectives of both sides is crucial for any potential resolution.

 

Month, Day Event(s)

1991
October 30 Madrid Conference.
December 16 United Nations General Assembly Resolution 4686 revoked Resolution 3379 of November 10, 1975 (on Zionism and racism) by a vote of 111 to 25 and 13 abstentions.

1992

During 1992, 19 Israeli civilians and 15 members of the Israeli armed forces were killed by Palestinians. In the same period, 136 Palestinians were killed by the Israeli army. An additional two were killed by Israeli civilians.
May 24 Murder of Helena Rapp: 15-year-old Israeli girl was stabbed to death on the way to school by a Palestinian.
June Labour Party leader Yitzhak Rabin elected Prime Minister of Israel.

1993

During 1993, 165 Palestinians were killed by the Israeli army. An additional 15 were killed by Israeli civilians. In the same period 36 Israeli civilians and 25 members of the Israeli armed forces were killed by Palestinians.
April Mehola Junction bombing, the first suicide attack by Hamas. One Palestinian bystander was killed by the blast, and eight Israeli soldiers were slightly injured.
August 20 Yasser Arafat and Yitzhak Rabin signed the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government in Oslo. This event is also seen by many people as the definitive end to the First Intifada (although some argue it had effectively ended by 1991–1992). By 1993, the violence of the Intifada had claimed the lives of 1162 Palestinians and 160 Israelis.

1994

During 1994, 110 Palestinians were killed by the Israeli security forces, and an additional 38 killed by Israeli civilians. In the same period 58 Israeli civilians and 16 members of the Israeli armed forces were killed by Palestinians.
February 25 Cave of the Patriarchs attack. Baruch Goldstein opened fire on Palestinian Muslims worshipping at the Ibrahimi Mosque, killing 29 and injuring 125. He was subsequently overpowered and beaten to death by survivors.
April 6 Hamas carried out their first suicide bombing, in Afula, Israel, killing 5 people and the suicide bomber.
April 13 Hadera bus station suicide bombing by Hamas, killing 8 people.
May 18 Israeli forces withdrew from Jericho and Gaza City in compliance with the Oslo accords.
July Yasser Arafat returned from exile to head the Palestinian National Authority.
October 19 22 Israelis killed by a Hamas suicide attack on a bus in Tel Aviv. This was the first major suicide bombing in Tel Aviv.
October 26 With mediation provided by the United States, the Israel–Jordan Treaty of Peace was signed by Yitzhak Rabin and King Hussein.
November 30 Afula axe attack: A Palestinian killed a 19-year-old female Israeli soldier with an axe.
December 10 Yitzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres and Yasser Arafat awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

1995

During 1995, 42 Palestinians were killed by the Israeli security forces, and an additional three killed by Israeli civilians. In the same period 16 Israeli civilians and 30 members of the Israeli armed forces were killed by Palestinians
January 22 Beit Lid massacre: a double suicide bombing by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad killed 21 in one of the biggest attacks which further divided the Israeli public over the peace process.
April 9 Kfar Darom bus attack: eight Israelis were killed and 52 injured in an Islamic Jihad suicide bombing.
July 24 Ramat Gan bus bombing: six Israelis killed and 33 wounded in a Hamas suicide bombing.
August 21 Ramat Eshkol bus bombing: five Israelis killed in a Hamas suicide bombing and over 100 injured.
September 28 Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, also known as Oslo II, signed in Washington, D.C.
November 4 Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin assassinated in Tel Aviv by Jewish extremist Yigal Amir. Shimon Peres assumed the position of acting Prime Minister.

1996

During 1996, 69 Palestinians and 4 Lebanese militants were killed by the Israeli security forces, and an additional five killed by Israeli civilians. In the same period 41 Israeli civilians and 34 members of the Israeli armed forces were killed by Palestinians.
January 5 Shin Bet kill Yahya Ayyash, commander of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, using a telephone bomb.
February 25 –
March 4		 A series of suicide attacks in Jerusalem (Jerusalem bus 18 suicide bombings and in the French Hill), Tel Aviv and Ashkelon left more than 60 Israelis dead. These events were said to have had a major impact on the Israeli elections in May.
April 11–27 Operation “Grapes of Wrath” and the shelling of Qana. Operation “Grapes of Wrath” (Hebrew: מבצע ענבי זעם) was the Israeli Defense Force’s code-name (Hezbollah calls it April War) for a sixteen-day campaign against Lebanon in 1996. Israel conducted more than 1,100 air raids and extensive shelling (some 25,000 shells). 639 Hezbollah cross-border rocket attacks targeted northern Israel, particularly the town of Kiryat Shemona. The conflict escalated on April 18 when Israeli artillery killed 106 civilians in a technical error and Israeli warplanes killed nine other civilians in the city of Nabatiyeh while sleeping in their two-story building. The conflict was de-escalated on 27 April by a ceasefire agreement banning attacks on civilians.
May Likud‘s leader Benjamin Netanyahu elected Prime Minister of Israel.
June 9 Murder of Yaron and Efrat Ungar: Married Israeli couple shot dead by Palestinian gunmen while driving with their one-year-old son.

1997

During 1997, 18 Palestinians were killed by the Israeli security forces, and an additional five killed by Israeli civilians. In the same period 31 Israeli civilians were killed by Palestinians.
January 15–17 Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron signed. The agreement called for an IDF withdrawal from 80% of Hebron, and initiation of withdrawal from rural areas in the West Bank, as well as remaining parts of the West Bank apart from settlements and military locations. Israel and the PA agreed to begin negotiations on the permanent status agreement to be completed by May 4, 1999.
March 13 Island of Peace massacre: A Jordanian soldier opened fire on a large group of Israeli schoolgirls, killing 7 of them and injuring 6.
March 21 Cafe Apropo bombing: Palestinian suicide bomber killed 3 Israeli women and injured 48.
July 30 16 Israelis killed in a double suicide attack in the major market of Jerusalem. This was the worst killing during Netanyahu’s time which is regarded as a relatively quiet period. Netanyahu attributed this to his tit-for-tat policy and his objection to the Palestinian revolving door policy.
September 4 A Hamas suicide bombing at a pedestrian mall in Jerusalem killed five Israelis, including three 14-year-old girls, and led to Chicago’s Persian heritage crisis.
September 25 Mossad agents failed in an attempt to kill Hamas member Khaled Mashal in Amman.

1998

During 1998, 21 Palestinians were killed by the Israeli security forces, an additional seven killed by Israeli civilians. In the same period nine Israeli civilians and three members of the Israeli armed forces were killed by Palestinians.
October 23 Benjamin Netanyahu and Yasser Arafat signed the Wye River Memorandum at a summit in Maryland hosted by Bill Clinton. The sides agreed on steps to facilitate implementation of the Interim Agreement on the West Bank and Gaza Strip of September 28, 1995 and other related agreements including the Hebron Protocol of January 17, 1997 so that the Israeli and Palestinian sides could more effectively carry out their reciprocal responsibilities, including those relating to further redeployments and security.

1999

During 1999, eight Palestinians were killed by the Israeli security forces. In the same period two Israeli civilians and two members of the Israeli armed forces were killed by Palestinians.
May 17 Ehud Barak of the Labour Party elected Prime Minister under the One Israel banner.

2000
May 24 The Israeli Army withdrew from southern Lebanon, in compliance with U.N. Resolution 425. Syria and Lebanon insisted that the withdrawal was incomplete, claiming the Shebaa Farms as Lebanese and still under occupation. The UN certified full Israeli withdrawal.
July The Camp David Summit between Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat aimed at reaching a “final status” agreement. The summit concluded without an agreement.

2000–2005: Al-Aqsa Intifada

Main article: Al-Aqsa Intifada
Month, Day Event(s)

2000

Main article: Violence in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict 2000
September 28–29 Right-wing Israeli opposition leader Ariel Sharon visited the Temple Mount, which is administered by a Waqf. (Under Israeli law, each religious group is granted administration of their holy sites.) The day after the visit, violent confrontations erupted between Muslims and Israeli Police. The uprising became known as the Al-Aqsa Intifada after Sharon’s visit, for the Masjid Al-Aqsa also known as the Temple Mount compound (holy also to Jews and Christians). This event is considered by some to be one of the possible catalysts of the second intifada. Palestinian leaders (including the Palestinian Minister of Communication, Imhad Falouji) later admitted publicly that the Intifada had been planned since the end of the Camp David negotiations. A campaign of suicide bombings and terrorist attacks began on September 29, 2000 and within five years left over 1,068 Israelis dead and over 7,000 injured—69 percent of them civilians. Approximately 3,000 Palestinians were also killed in this conflict.
October 1–9 October 2000 events in Israel, solidarity demonstrations held by Palestinian citizens residing in Israel escalated into clashes with Israeli police and Israeli Jewish citizens. 13 Arab civilians (12 with Israeli citizenship) were shot and killed by Israeli police and one Jewish civilian killed by a Palestinian. In a Hezbollah cross-border raid, 3 Israeli soldiers were killed and their bodies kidnapped and Northern Israel was shelled in an attempt to ignite the Israeli–Lebanese border too, but Israelis decided on limited response.
October 12 The lynching in Ramallah, two Israeli reservists accidentally entered Ramallah, to be arrested by Palestinian Security Forces, later to be publicly lynched and videotaped inside the police station.
November 22 Two Israeli women killed and 60 civilians wounded in a car bomb attack in Hadera.
December 10 Prime Minister of Israel Ehud Barak resigned.

2001

Main article: Violence in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict 2001
See also: Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel

In 2001, Hamas began firing rockets towards Israeli areas. The weapons used initially were home made with of limited range and destructive capability. These were later replaced with military grade rockets.
January 21–27 Taba Summit. Peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority aimed to reach the “final status” of negotiations. Ehud Barak temporarily withdrew from negotiations during the Israeli elections, and subsequently Ariel Sharon refused to continue negotiating in the face of the newly erupted violence.
February 6 Ariel Sharon of Likud elected Prime Minister and refused to continue negotiations with Yasser Arafat at the Taba Summit.
March 26 Murder of Shalhevet Pass, a 10-month-old Israeli baby was shot dead by a Palestinian sniper. The Israeli public was shocked when the investigation concluded that the sniper deliberately aimed for the baby.
June 1 Dolphinarium massacre. A Hamas suicide bomber exploded himself at the entrance of a club. 21 Israelis killed, over 100 injured, all youth. Five months prior to the bombing, there was a failed terrorist attempt at the same spot.
August 9 Sbarro restaurant massacre. A suicide bomber wearing an explosive belt weighing 5 to 10 kilograms, containing explosives, nails, nuts and bolts, detonated his bomb. In the blast 15 people (including 7 children and a pregnant woman) were killed, and 130 wounded. Both Hamas and the Islamic Jihad initially claimed responsibility.
August 27 Abu Ali Mustafa, the General Secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, was assassinated by an Israeli missile shot by an Apache helicopter through his office window in Ramallah.
October 17 Israeli Tourism Minister Rehavam Zeevi assassinated in Jerusalem by members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
December 1 11 Israeli civilians, nine of them teenagers, were killed and 188 injured in a Hamas suicide bombing attack.

2002

Main article: Violence in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict 2002
March 13 The United States pushed through the passage of Resolution 1397 by the Security Council, demanding an “immediate cessation of all acts of violence” and “affirming a vision of a region where two states, Israel and Palestine, live side by side within secure and recognized borders”.
March 14 Israeli forces continued the raid on Ramallah and other West Bank towns. A helicopter attack near Tulkarm killed Mutasen Hammad and two bystanders. A bomb in Gaza City destroyed an Israeli tank which was escorting settlers, killing 3 soldiers and wounding 2. A car bomb in Tulkarm exploded, killing 4 Palestinians. Palestinians executed two accused collaborators in Bethlehem, planning to hang one of the corpses near the Church of the Nativity until Palestinian police stopped them.
March 27 Passover massacre, the Park Hotel in Netanya held a big Passover dinner for its 250 guests. A Palestinian suicide bomber entered the hotel’s dining room and detonated an explosive device, killing 30 people and injuring around 140, all civilians. Hamas claims responsibility.
March 28 The Beirut Summit approved the Saudi peace proposal.
March 29 Israeli forces began Operation “Defensive Shield”, Israel’s largest military operation in the West Bank since the 1967 Six-Day War.
March 30 A suicide bomber exploded in a Tel Aviv café at around 9:30 pm local time, wounding 32 people. President George W. Bush and Secretary of State Colin Powell (USA) called on Yasir Arafat to condemn the wave of suicide bombings in Arabic, to his own people. Israeli spokespeople made similar demands. Arafat went on television and swore in Arabic that he would “die a martyr, a martyr, a martyr”. Members of Arafat’s personal Al-Aqsa brigade stated that they would refuse any form of cease-fire, and that they would continue suicide bombings of civilians in Israel.
March 31 Matza restaurant massacre, a Palestinian Hamas bomber blew himself up in an Arab-owned restaurant in Haifa, killing 15 and injuring over 40 people.
April Israeli troops exchanged gunfire with guards of Yasir Arafat in Ramallah.
April 2 Israeli troops occupied Bethlehem. Dozens of armed Palestinian gunmen occupied the Church of the Nativity and held the church and its clergy.
April 12 Battle of Jenin (2002) (part of Operation “Defensive Shield”). Israeli forces entered a Palestinian refugee camp in Jenin, where about a quarter of suicide bombings since 2000 had been launched from. The battle resulted in the deaths of 23 Israeli soldiers and 52 Palestinians, of which 30–47 were militants and 5–22 were civilians (sources vary). This particular event sparked a great deal of controversy.
May 9 Muhammad al-Madani, governor of Bethlehem, left the Church of the Nativity.
May 18 Israeli Shin Bet officials announced they had arrested six Israelis for conspiring to bomb Palestinian schools in April, including Noam Federman, a leader of the illegal Kach movement of the late Rabbi Meir Kahane, and Menashe Levinger, son of Rabbi Moshe Levinger.
June Israel began construction of the Israeli West Bank barrier to prevent suicide bombers from entering Israel.
June 18 Patt junction massacre, a Palestinian Suicide bomber, an Islamic law student and member of Hamas, detonated a belt filled with metal balls for shrapnel on a bus in Jerusalem. 19 Israelis were killed, and over 74 wounded.
June 24 U.S. President George W. Bush called for an independent Palestinian state living in peace with Israel. Bush stated that Palestinian leaders must take steps to produce democratic reforms, and fiscal accountability, in order to improve the negotiations with Israel. He also stated that as Palestinians show control over terrorism, Israel must end operations in the West Bank, and in areas which it entered under Operation “Defensive Shield”.
July 16 2002 Immanuel bus attack. Palestinian militants ambushed a bus and killed 9 Israeli civilians, including infants. The youngest victim of the Second Intifada was among them.
July 22 An Israeli warplane fired a missile at an apartment in Gaza City, killing the top of their most-wanted list, Salah Shehadeh, chief commander of Hamas’ military wing, the Izzadine el-Qassam. The apartment building was flattened and 14 civilians were killed, including eight children. Writing in the Hebrew daily, Yediot Aharanot, the conservative Israeli military correspondent, Alex Fishman, explained that this bombing came 90 minutes after the Tanzim, Hamas, and Islamic Jihad had finalized the wording of a unilateral ceasefire, which was to be announced in the Washington Post the following morning.
July 31 Hebrew University massacre: nine students—four Israelis and five Americans—were killed by a suicide bomber at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and over 100 injured.
August 14 Marwan Barghouti, captured April 15, was indicted by a civilian Israeli court for murdering civilians and membership in a terrorist organisation.
October 21 Karkur junction suicide bombing, 14 Israelis, including seven civilians, killed in an Islamic Jihad suicide bombing in Wadi Ara.
November 21 Jerusalem bus 20 massacre, a Hamas suicide bomber detonated himself on a crowded bus in Jerusalem, killing 11 people, and wounding over 50.

2003

Main article: Violence in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict 2003
January 5 Tel Aviv central bus station massacre. 23 Israeli civilians killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber.[75]
March 5 Haifa bus 37 suicide bombing. 17 Israelis, including 16 civilians and nine children, killed by a Hamas suicide bomber.
March 16 Rachel Corrie, an American member of the International Solidarity Movement was crushed by an IDF bulldozer, becoming the first ISM member to die in the conflict. Members of the group who witnessed her death alleged murder, while Israel called it a “regrettable accident”.
March 19 Mahmoud Abbas appointed Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority.
March 24 Hilltop 26, an illegal Israeli settlement near the city of Hebron, was peacefully dismantled by the IDF.
April 30 The Quartet on the Middle East announced the Road map for peace.
May 27 Ariel Sharon stated that the “occupation” of Palestinian territories “can’t continue endlessly.”
June 2 A two-day summit was held in Egypt. Arab leaders announced their support for the road map and promised to work on cutting off funding to terrorist groups.
June 11 Davidka Square bus bombing. A Palestinian suicide bomber killed 17 Israeli civilians.
June 29 Hamas, Islamic Jihad and Fatah agreed to a three-month cease-fire.
July 9 The International Court of Justice ruled in a non-binding advisory opinion that the Israeli West Bank barrier was illegal under international law the United Nations had also condemned the construction of the wall as “an unlawful act of annexation”. The United States and Australia defended the security fence saying the wall was a counter-terrorism protective measure and that the onus was on the Palestinian Authority to fight terrorism. The U.S., Canada, Israel and some 30 other democratic states objected to the ICJ consideration of the UN General Assembly request, finding the request loaded and prejudicial, and expressing concern of the ICJ’s credibility.
August 19 Jerusalem bus 2 massacre. A Hamas Palestinian disguised as a Haredi Jew detonated himself with a bomb spiked with ball-bearings on a bus crowded with children. 23 Israelis were killed and over 130 wounded, all civilians.
September 6 Mahmoud Abbas resigned from the post of Prime Minister.
October 4 Maxim restaurant suicide bombing. A 28-year-old Palestinian female suicide bomber, Hanadi Jaradat, exploded herself inside the Maxim restaurant in Haifa. 21 Israelis (Jewish and Arab) were killed, and 51 others wounded. The restaurant was co-owned by Jewish and Christian Arab Israelis, and was a symbol of co-existence.

2004

Main article: Violence in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict 2004
January 29 Gaza Street bus bombing. Ali Yusuf Jaara, a 24-year-old Palestinian policeman from Bethlehem, became a suicide bomber and killed 11 Israeli civilians in Jerusalem.
March 14 2004 Ashdod Port bombings. 10 Israeli civilians killed in a suicide bombing. Hamas and Fatah claimed responsibility.
March 22 An Israeli Air Force rocket killed Hamas leader Ahmed Yassin and eleven others in Gaza City.
April 17 An Israeli Air Force rocket killed Hamas leader Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi and two others in Gaza City.
May 2 Murder of Tali Hatuel and her four daughters. Eight-months pregnant woman and her four young daughters ambushed and killed by Palestinian militants.
August 31 Beersheba bus bombings. 16 Israeli civilians killed in a suicide bombing. Hamas claims responsibility.
October 16 Israel officially ended a 17-day military operation, named Operation “Days of Penitence”, in the northern Gaza Strip. The operation was launched in response to a Qassam rocket that killed two children in Sderot. About 108–133 Palestinians were killed during the operation, of whom one third were civilians.
November 11 Yasser Arafat died at the age of 75 in a hospital near Paris, after undergoing urgent medical treatment since October 29, 2004.

2005

For a more comprehensive list, see Timeline of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, 2005.
January 13 Karni border crossing attack. Palestinian terrorists killed 6 Israeli civilians with 200 pound Explosive device, hand grenades, and AK-47 rifles.
February 25 Stage Club bombing. Young Israelis arrived for a surprise birthday party at the Stage Club in Tel Aviv. A Palestinian teenage suicide bomber detonated himself at the entrance to the club. Five Israelis killed, and about 50 wounded. Islamic Jihad claims responsibility.
July 12 HaSharon Mall suicide bombing (July 12, 2005). Five Israeli civilians killed and over 90 injured in a suicide bombing.

2005–present: Post-Intifada, Gaza conflict

Further information: Gaza–Israel conflict

After Israel completely withdrew from Gaza in 2005, Hamas and other militants unleashed a barrage of daily rocket attacks into Israel. The city of Sderot, for example, one mile away from Gaza, was hit by over 360 Qassam rockets within a six-month period after Israel’s withdrawal. In June 2006, militants from Gaza tunneled into Israel, killing two soldiers and capturing one. Two weeks later, Hezbollah, supported by Iran and Syria, attacked Israel across the internationally recognized Israeli–Lebanese border, killing eight soldiers and kidnapping two, simultaneously launching a barrage of rockets against civilian towns in northern Israel. Israel responded with a military operation that lasted 34 days. After Hamas fired thousands of rockets at Israeli communities and refused to renew a six-month truce, Israel responded with a military operation against Hamas to protect Israeli citizens. The 22-day operation ended on January 18, 2009. In May 2010, Turkish activists with the Free Gaza flotilla tried to break Israel’s naval blockade of Hamas-controlled Gaza. In August 2010, Lebanese soldiers shot and killed an Israeli soldier during routine IDF maintenance on the border. Three Lebanese soldiers and one Lebanese journalist were killed in the exchange of gunfire.

Month, Day Event(s)

2005

For a more comprehensive list, see Timeline of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict in 2005.
August 7 An IDF deserter and member of the banned Kach group in Israel, Eden Natan-Zada, opened fire on a crowded bus in the Arab town of Shfaram, killing four Palestinians and wounding 22. When he ran out of bullets, the bus was stormed by Arab bystanders and Zaada was beaten to death. PM Ariel Sharon and several Israeli leaders condemned the attack and offered condolences to the families.
August 17 Asher Weissgan shot and killed four Palestinians in the West Bank as a protest against the Gaza disengagement plan.
September 12 Completion of Israel’s unilateral disengagement plan. Israel removed all Jewish settlements, many Bedouin communities, and military equipment from the Gaza Strip. Although there was no permanent Israeli presence or jurisdiction in Gaza anymore, Israel retained control of certain elements (such as airspace, borders and ports), leading to an ongoing dispute as to whether Gaza is “occupied” or not. Since the disengagement, Palestinian militant groups have used the territory as a staging ground from which to launch rocket attacks and build tunnels into Israel.

2006

For a more comprehensive list, see Timeline of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict in 2006.
January 25 Hamas won by landslide the majority of seats after the 2006 Palestinian legislative election. Israel, the United States, European Union, and several European and Western countries cut off their aid to the Palestinians; as they viewed the Islamist political party who rejected Israel’s right to exist as being a terrorist group.
June 9 Following the Gaza beach blast, in which seven members of one family and one other Palestinians were killed on a Gaza beach, the armed wing of Hamas called off its 16-month-old truce. Israel claimed it was shelling 250 m away from the family’s location; Palestinians claimed that the explosion was Israeli responsibility. Some said Israel had not been responsible for the blast or doubted they were. An Israeli internal investigation report claimed the blast was most likely caused by an unexploded munition buried in the sand and not by shelling. This investigation was criticized by Human Rights Watch and The Guardian.
June 13 Israel killed 11 Palestinians in a missile strike on a van carrying Palestinian militants and rockets driving through a densely civilian populated area in Gaza Nine among those killed are civilian bystanders.
June 25 After crossing the border from the Gaza Strip into Israel, Palestinian militants attacked an Israeli army post. The militants captured Gilad Shalit, killed two IDF soldiers and wounded four others. Israel launched Operation “Summer Rains”.
July 5 First Qassam rocket of increased range was fired into the school yard in the Southern Israeli coastal city of Ashkelon. This was the first instance of an increased distance Qassam rockets could reach and the first time a significantly large city had been attacked. No one was injured in this attack.
July 12 2006 Lebanon War: Hezbollah infiltrated Israel in a cross-border raid, captured two soldiers and killed three others. Israel attempted to rescue the captured, and five more soldiers were killed. Israel’s military responded, and the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict began. The conflict resulted in the deaths of 1,191 Lebanese people and 165 Israelis. Of the Israelis killed, 121 were soldiers and 44 were civilians.[107] It is unclear how many of the Lebanese fatalities were combatants, though Israeli officials reported that an estimated 800 were Hezbollah militants Approximately one million Lebanese and 300,000–500,000 Israelis were displaced.
July 26 Israel launched a counter-offensive to deprive cover to militants firing rockets into Israel from Gaza. 23 Palestinians killed, at least 16 were identified militants, 76 wounded.
August 14 2006 Fox journalists kidnapping. Palestinian militants kidnapped Fox journalists Olaf Wiig and Steve Centanni, demanding the U.S. to release all Muslims in prison. The two were eventually released on August 27, after stating they had converted to Islam. They both later said that they were forced to convert to Islam at gunpoint.
September Violence and rivalry erupted between Fatah and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Mahmoud Abbas tried to prevent civil war.[111][112] President Mahmoud Abbas and his moderate party advocate a Palestinian state alongside Israel, while Prime Minister Ismail Haniya and his Islamist party reject Israel’s right to exist.[113]
September 26 A UN study declared the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip “intolerable”, with 75% of the population dependent on food aid,[114] and an estimated 80% of the population living below the poverty line.[115] The Palestinian economy had largely relied on Western aid and revenues, which had been frozen since Hamas’s victory. The situation can also be attributed to Israeli closures, for which Israel and the EU cited security concerns, specifically smuggling, possible weapons transfers and uninhibited return of exiled extremist leaders and terrorists; as well as an extremely high birth rate.[116][117][118][119]
October 11–14 In the midst of an increase of rocket attacks against Israel, the Israeli Air Force fired into the Gaza Strip over a three-day period. 21 Palestinians were killed (17 Hamas militants, 1 al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades militant, and 3 civilians). The two dozen wounded included gunmen and passersby.[120][121] Israel said the offensive was designed to track down the capture soldier and to stop militants firing rockets into Israel. Spokesman Abu Ubaida for Hamas’s military wing issued a statement vowing “we will bombard and strike everywhere” in response to the attacks. Makeshift rockets were immediately shot into Israel.
October 20 Brokered by Egyptian mediators, Fatah reached a deal to end fighting between the Hamas and Fatah factions, both groups agreeing to refrain from acts that raise tensions and committing themselves to dialogue to resolve differences. Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas brushed off comments by President Mahmoud Abbas, head of Fatah, who indicated he could dismiss the Hamas-led cabinet. Abbas unsuccessfully urged Hamas to accept international calls to renounce violence and recognize Israel’s right to exist.
Palestinian gunmen (presumably of the Fatah faction) opened fire at the convoy of Prime Minister Haniyeh as it passed through a refugee camp in central Gaza.[122]
November 8 Beit Hanoun November 2006 incident. Amidst ongoing rocket fire, Israel shelled Beit Hanoun, killing 19 Palestinian civilians (seven children, four women) during the Gaza operations. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert apologised, saying the incident had been an accidental “technical failure” by the Israeli military.

2007

Main article: Timeline of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict in 2007
January 19 Israel releases $100 million in tax revenues they had withheld, to cover the humanitarian needs and other basic expenses of the Palestinians. Israel wanted to strengthen Abbas and “keep money out of the hands of the Hamas government”.[123]
February Negotiations in Mecca produced agreement on a Palestinian national unity government signed by Abbas on behalf of Fatah and Khaled Mashal on behalf of Hamas.[clarification needed][124]
March The Palestinian Legislative Council established a national unity government, with 83 representatives voting in favor and three against. Government ministers were sworn in by Abu Mazen, the chairman on the Palestinian Authority, at a ceremony held simultaneously in Gaza and Ramallah.
May 4 The United States set a timetable for easing Palestinian travel and bolstering Israeli security, including steps like removing specific checkpoints in the West Bank and deploying better-trained Palestinian forces to try to halt the firing of rockets into Israel from Gaza and the smuggling of weapons, explosives and people into Gaza from Egypt. Israel was wary over certain proposals so long as Palestinian militants continued to fire rockets at Israel.[125] The Hamas-led Palestinian government rejected the initiative.[126]
June 7 Battle of Gaza began, resulting in Hamas taking control of the Gaza Strip from Fatah.
November 27 Annapolis Conference in the U.S., a peace conference marked the first time a two-state solution (“two states, Israel and Palestine, living side by side in peace and security”) was articulated as the mutually agreed-upon outline for addressing the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. The conference ended with the issuing of a joint statement from all parties, including the U.S., Israel, the Palestinian National Authority, possibly also Arab League, Russia, China, etc..

2008

Main article: Timeline of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict in 2008
February 27 Hamas, the Popular Resistance Committees and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad fired a rocket barrage at the Israeli city of Ashkelon and more places, killing one civilian.
February 28 Operation “Hot Winter” was launched in response to rockets fired from the Gaza Strip into Israel. The operation resulted in 112 Palestinians and three Israelis being killed.
May 14 Tony Blair announced new plan for peace and for Palestinian rights,[clarification needed] based heavily on the ideas of the Peace Valley plan.[127]
November 4 Israeli troops made a raid on Gaza, in which they killed six members of Hamas. Hamas responded with rocket attacks on southern Israel.[128]
December Israel launched Operation “Cast Lead” against the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, a full-scale invasion of the territory.

2009

Operation “Cast Lead”, launched near the end of the previous year by Israel, continued until January 18. After 22 days of fighting, Israel and Hamas each declared separate unilateral ceasefires. Casualties of the Gaza War are disputed. According to Hamas, they included as many as 1,417 Palestinians including as many as 926 civilians. According to the IDF, 1,166 Palestinians were killed, and 295 were non-combatants.[129] According to the testimonies of three Guardian films, 1,400 Palestinians dead, including more than 300 children[130] (431 Children[131]).
January 13–14 Israeli forces attacked Khoza’a, a small rural community east of Khan Yunis in the south of the Gaza Strip. Missiles containing white phosphorus were deployed.[132][133]
January 15 Israeli artillery attack hit a UN compound in Gaza, the compound was set ablaze by white phosphorus shells.[134]
March 15 Gunmen killed two israeli policemen who were traveling in the Jordan Valley on Highway 90, in Masua in the West Bank. The attacks was claimed in an anonymous call said that the attack was behalf of the Imad Mughniyeh Group and Fatah.[135][136]
April 2 Bat Ayin axe attack. A Palestinian terrorist attacked a group of Israeli children with an axe and a knife, killing one and injuring three.[137][138]
December 24 Killing of Rabbi Meir Hai. Rabbi killed in a drive-by shooting. Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades claimed responsibility.[139]

2010
January Two airstrikes against weapons tunnels used to smuggle rockets and militants attempting to fire mortars into Israeli were carried out by the Israeli Air Force, killing 3 militants and wounding another 7. The militants were members of Hamas and the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine.
February 10 Tapuah junction stabbing. A Palestinian Authority police officer stabbed an Israeli soldier to death.[140][141]
February 24 Murder of Neta Sorek. Israeli woman stabbed to death by Palestinian terrorists.[142][143]
March 4 A suicide bombing in a motorcycle blast in the city of Haifa, leaving one civilian was killed, 12 others were wounded, as well as material damage to a vehicle.[144]
May Gaza flotilla raid. Turkish activists with the Free Gaza flotilla tried to break Israel’s naval blockade of Hamas-controlled Gaza, but were intercepted by the IDF. When the IDF boarded the ship, the activists attacked them with knives and metal rods. Three Israeli soldiers were taken hostage, beaten, and abused. Nine Turks were shot dead by IDF gunfire.[145]
August 31 Hamas terrorists shot dead four Israeli civilians near Kiryat Arba, including a pregnant woman.[146][147]
September 2 2010 direct talks: U.S. launched direct negotiations between Israel and The Palestinian Authority in Washington D.C.[148]
September 14 2010 direct talks: A second round of Middle East peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority concluded in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.[149]
December 18 Murder of Kristine Luken. American woman stabbed to death by Palestinian terrorists. Another woman was severely injured.[150][151]

2011

Main article: Timeline of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict in 2011

In 2011, Israel deployed the Iron Dome air defence system to shoot down rockets fired by Palestinian militant organizations, such as Hamas, in Gaza.[61]
March 11 Itamar massacre.[152] Two Palestinians infiltrated the town of Itamar and murdered five members of the Fogel family in their beds. Among the victims were three young children, including an infant.[153]
March 23 2011 Jerusalem bus stop bombing. Hamas bombed a bus station in Jerusalem and killed 1 civilian. 39 injured.[154]
April 7 Hamas school bus attack. Hamas militants bombed an Israeli school bus and killed a teenager.[155]
April 14-15 Kidnapping of Vittorio Arrigoni. Vittorio Arrigoni an Italian activist was kidnapped by “The Brigade of the Gallant Companion of the Prophet Mohammed bin Muslima”, with the purpose of release of their leader Walid al-Maqdasi, imprisoned by the de facto government in Gaza a month earlier. Arrigoni was found dead iin an operation carried out by Hamas authorities in an apartment in Mareh Amer area in northern Gaza.[156][157]
August 18 2011 southern Israel cross-border attacks. Egyptian and Palestinian militants attacked southern Israel and killed 8 Israelis, including six civilians. 40 injured. Five Egyptian soldiers are also killed.[158]
September Palestine Authority moved a resolution in UN for recognition of Palestine statehood, calling it a ‘Palestine Spring’.[159]
November Palestine won membership of UNESCO while UN vote on statehood was put off amid no support from France and UK while US had threatened to veto it.[160]

2012

Main article: Timeline of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict in 2012

An annual survey by Shin Bet (AKA the Israel Security Agency (ISA)) concluded that in 2012, the number of terrorist attacks in the West Bank had risen from 320 in 2011 to 578 in 2012, but it was accompanied by a decrease in the number of fatalities. During that same year, 282 attacks were carried out in Jerusalem, compared to 191 in 2011. The increase in attacks was due in part to a 68% rise of attacks using molotov cocktails. However, the number of attacks involving firearms and explosives also grew by 42%—37 compared to 26 in 2011.[161]
January 1 Gaza fired two white-phosphorus-containing mortars into the area governed by the Eshkol Regional Council. The shells landed in an open field and caused no injuries or damage. A complaint about the white phosphorus was subsequently sent to the UN by Israel.[162]
March 9–15 March 2012 Gaza–Israel clashes. Gaza militants launched over 300 rockets, Grad missiles, and mortar shells into southern Israel, wounding 23 Israeli civilians. Israel retaliated with air strikes on Gazan weapons storage facilities, rocket launching sites, weapon manufacturing facilities, training bases, posts, tunnels and terror operatives, killing 22 militants. 4 Palestinian civilians died during the clashes, though some of their deaths were found to be unrelated to Israeli actions.[163][164][165][166][167]
March 30 It was revealed that the Civil Administration, a unit of the IDF, had over the years covertly earmarked 10% of the West Bank for further settlement.[168]
September 21 September 2012 Egypt-Israel border attack. Militants opened fire on Israeli soldiers and civilian workers. 1 soldier was killed.[169]
November 14–21 Operation “Pillar of Defense”. The Israeli Air Force killed Ahmed Jabari, second-in-command of the military wing of Hamas.[170] Israel strikes 1500 sites in Gaza,[171] including rocket launchpads, weapon depots, government facilities and apartment blocks.[172] Gaza officials said 133 Palestinians had been killed in the conflict of whom 79 were militants, 53 civilians and 1 was a policeman[173] and estimated that 840 Palestinians were wounded. Hamas fired over 1,456 rockets at southern Israel, killing 6, including a pregnant woman, and injuring hundreds. Rockets were fired at Jerusalem for the first time and at Tel Aviv for the first time since the first Gulf War. A bus was bombed in Tel Aviv on November 21, wounding 28 civilians. Israel retaliated by bombing hundreds of military sites in the Gaza Strip.[174][175][176][177][178]
November 29 United Nations General Assembly resolution 67/19,[179] upgrading Palestine to non-member observer state status in the United Nations, was adopted by the 67th session of the UN General Assembly, the date of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People and the 65th anniversary of the adoption by the General Assembly of resolution 181(II) on the Future Government of Palestine. Vote: For: 138; Abs.: 41 Against: 9.
November 30 In response to the UN approving the Palestinian UN bid for non-member observer state status, the Israeli government inner cabinet announced that it approved the building of housing units in the E1 area, connecting Jerusalem and Ma’aleh Adumim.[180]
December 17 The UN decides that the designation of ‘State of Palestine’ will be used in all official United Nations documents.

2013
January 15 Four Palestinians were killed by IDF within a week.[181]
January 23 A Palestinian woman was shot dead by an IDF soldier, another wounded.[182]
April 30 An Israeli civilian was killed by a Palestinian; the attacker was wounded.[183]
August 26 Three Palestinian civilians killed during clashes in Kalandia, West Bank.[184]
September 21 An Israeli soldier was abducted and killed by Palestinian in Beit Amin.[185]
September 22 An Israeli soldier was killed by Palestinian sniper in Hebron.[186][187]
October 1 A Palestinian was killed on Israel–Gaza border by IDF in unclear circumstances.[188]
October 6 A nine-year-old Israeli girl was wounded (condition: “light”) in a terror attack in Psagot.[189]

2014

Further information: 2014 Gaza War
For a more comprehensive list, see Timeline of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict in 2014.
June 12 Eyal Yifrah, 19, Gilad Shaar, 16, and Naftali Frenkel, 16, who also had US citizenship, were killed while hitchhiking home from their religious schools in settlements on the West Bank. For the detailed story: 2014 kidnapping and murder of Israeli teenagers.[190]
June 16 Ahmed Sabarin, 21, got shot and killed by Israeli forces in al-Jalazon refugee camp, during house searches in the West Bank for three missing teens. Israel accused Hamas of being behind the kidnapping of the three Israeli teens in the West Bank. Israeli forces have so far rounded up more than 150 Palestinians, including parliament speaker Abdel Aziz Dweik.[191]
June 20 Israeli forces shot and killed two Palestinians, including a teenager, in clashes that accompanied Israel’s search for three students who have been missing for more than a week in the occupied West Bank. Israeli soldiers fired live rounds that killed Mahmoud Jihad Muhammad Dudeen (age 14 or 15). Thousands attended his funeral. An Israeli round also struck Mustafa Hosni Aslan, 22, in the head during a clash near the Qalandiya checkpoint in Ramallah.[192]
June 30 Israeli jets and helicopters launched dozens of air strikes across the Gaza Strip overnight, just hours after the bodies of three abducted Israeli teenagers were found in a shallow grave near the southern West Bank city of Hebron. Following the discovery of the bodies, Netanyahu issued a statement once again blaming Hamas. Hamas denied involvement. Spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said “Only the Israeli version of the events has been published … Israel is attempting to make way for aggression against us, against the Hamas … No Palestinian group, Hamas or any other group, has taken responsibility for the action, and thus the Israeli version can’t be trusted.”[190]
July 1 In retaliation, to the news about the three abducted Israeli teenagers, 16-year-old Mohammed Abu Khdeir was grabbed off the street after leaving his home in Jerusalem’s Arab neighbourhood of Shuafat to go to morning prayers with friends. He was beaten and burned alive. On July 7 it was reported that three Jewish detainees confessed to the crime.[193][194]
July 17 Thousands of Israeli soldiers backed by tanks initiated an invasion on the Gaza Strip. All border areas under fire. Tank shelling every minute. Northern Gaza town, Beit Lahiya, came under heavy Israeli shelling. “There is the sound of tank shells all the time,” said Jamal Abu Samra, 42, a farmer in the area. He said his wife, six children, four brothers and their families were huddling on the ground floor of the family home.[195]
August 3 Shelling by Israel of a United Nations school sheltering some 3,300 displaced people in southern Gaza violating international law according to the United Nations. The school had been designated a protected location and the Israel Defense Forces had been informed 17 times of the precise coordinates of the school’s location. 10 people were killed and many injured.[196][197][198]
November 14 During a religious prayer service, two terrorists armed with axe and gun burst through the doors of the synagogue Kehilat B’nei Torah in Har Nof, Jerusalem.[199] Several rabbis heroically gave up their lives by striking the radical Islamic terrorists with tables and chairs to allow others to escape. A resident near the synagogue said of the attack, “I would hate to think of what would have happened if my father had not missed prayer time that day.”
December 4

Mohammad Hossam Abdel Latif Habali was a 22-year-old mentally disabled Palestinian who was shot and killed by Israeli soldiers on 4 December 2018 in Tulkarm, a city in the West Bank,[200][201][202] near the 1967 boundary between Israel and the Israeli-occupied West Bank.[203] Witnesses report that Habali was killed by Israeli forces, and the IDF has not disputed the cause of death.[200]

Main article: Death of Mohammad Habali

2015–2016

Further information: 2015–2016 wave of violence in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict
For a more comprehensive list, see Timeline of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict in January–June 2015, Timeline of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict in July–December 2015, and Timeline of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict in 2016.

2017–2022

For a more comprehensive list, see Timeline of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict in 2017, Timeline of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict in 2018, Timeline of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict in 2019, Timeline of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict in 2020, Timeline of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict in 2021, and Timeline of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict in 2022.

2023–present

Main articles: 2023 Israel–Hamas War, Timeline of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict in 2023, and Timeline of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict in 2024

In 2023, heavy warfare between Palestinians (dominated by Hamas) and Israel again erupted, more deadly and destructive than ever since the 1973 Yom Kippur War.

Death timelines

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UK Government's Controversial Immunity for Netanyahu

The UK government has granted special mission immunity to former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other officials!

Immunity for Netanyahu

Benjamin Netanyahu, accused of serious war crimes, has been granted immunity by the UK government, allowing him to avoid prosecution.

Other Officials

Several other Israeli officials, also accused of war crimes, have received similar immunity, highlighting the UK’s controversial stance.

UK's Diplomatic Immunity for Netanyahu

The UK government has granted special mission immunity to Benjamin Netanyahu, the former Prime Minister of Israel, and other officials. Netanyahu faces accusations of war crimes, including the deaths of thousands of children in Gaza and the West Bank. This immunity allows these officials to avoid prosecution during their visits to the UK, raising serious concerns about the UK’s commitment to international law and human rights.

Accusations and Implications

Netanyahu and other Israeli officials, such as Doron Almog and Shaul Mofaz, have been accused of war crimes, including the targeting of civilian homes and the use of collective punishment. The UK’s decision to grant them immunity has been heavily criticized for undermining international law and allowing alleged war criminals to escape accountability.

The UK government has granted “special mission” immunity to several Israeli officials, including former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who faces serious allegations of international law violations. Netanyahu is accused of being responsible for the deaths of 13,800 children in Gaza and 113 in the West Bank, according to reports from OCHA and the Ministry of Health. There is also an outstanding warrant for his arrest on charges of war crimes, including targeting Palestinian family homes and employing torture and collective punishment.

In addition to Netanyahu, other Israeli officials such as Doron Almog, a retired major general, and Shaul Mofaz, a former IDF chief of staff and defence minister, have also been granted immunity. Both Almog and Mofaz have been accused of war crimes, including the murder of Gazan citizens.
The UK’s decision to grant these immunities has sparked significant controversy. Critics argue that it undermines international law and allows individuals accused of severe human rights violations to evade accountability.

The move has been perceived as prioritising diplomatic relations with Israel over the commitment to uphold human rights and international law.

Key Events in the UK's Granting of Immunity

Below is a timeline of significant events related to the UK government’s decision to grant special mission immunity to Netanyahu and other Israeli officials.

2015

Initial Immunity Granted

The UK government first grants special mission immunity to Netanyahu and several other Israeli officials, sparking international debate and criticism.

2017

Renewed Immunity Status

Amid rising tensions and further allegations of war crimes, the UK renews the immunity status for Netanyahu and other officials, reinforcing its diplomatic stance.

2019

Public Outcry Intensifies

Human rights organisations and international bodies increase pressure on the UK government to revoke the immunity, highlighting the ongoing violations and lack of accountability.

2021

Legal Challenges

Several legal challenges are brought against the UK government’s decision, questioning the legality and ethical implications of granting immunity to individuals accused of war crimes.

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