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      <title>For the Third Day, Israel Bombards Residential Properties
        Across the Gaza Strip</title>
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                                            the Third Day, Israel
                                            Bombards Residential
                                            Properties Across the Gaza
                                            Strip</strong></p>
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                                            Period:</strong></p>
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                                            pm Tuesday, 9 May 2023 –
                                            12:00 pm Thursday, 11 May
                                            2023)</strong></p>
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                                          ongoing Israeli military
                                          offensive on the Gaza Strip,
                                          so-called “Operation Arrow and
                                          Shield”, which <a
href="https://alhaq.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=10071401ba4201bc1a4992f68&id=3ea515c51f&e=08c14cf485"
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                                          on 9 May 2023, has resulted in
                                          the killing of 25
                                          Palestinians, including six
                                          children and four women, and
                                          the injury of 76 Palestinians,
                                          including 24 children and 13
                                          women, according to the
                                          Palestinian Ministry of
                                          Health, as of 12:00 pm, 11 May
                                          2023. The Government Media
                                          Office in Gaza has reported
                                          the total destruction of five
                                          buildings, including 19
                                          residential units, and the
                                          partial destruction of 314
                                          residential units, 28 of which
                                          are uninhabitable and 286 of
                                          which are partially damaged.</p>
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                                          Gazan agricultural and fishing
                                          sectors have ground to a halt
                                          since Israel’s latest
                                          offensive started on the Gaza
                                          Strip. Fishermen have been
                                          unable to enter the sea due to
                                          the aggression, while
                                          significant damage has been
                                          caused to agricultural lands
                                          that were bombed. Further,
                                          Israel’s continued closure of
                                          the “Kerem Abu Salem”
                                          commercial crossing, which is
                                          located in the far southeast
                                          of the Gaza Strip, is
                                          preventing the movement of
                                          goods and the entry of medical
                                          supplies and fuel necessary to
                                          ensure the continued operation
                                          of the power plant. Al-Haq
                                          warns that this may have
                                          serious repercussions on the
                                          health system and the lives of
                                          thousands of patients.</p>
                                        <p style="text-align:
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                                          the third day in a row, the
                                          Israeli occupying forces (IOF)
                                          have continued to close the
                                          Gaza Strip crossings.
                                          According to the Ministry of
                                          Health, the continued closure
                                          of the Beit Hanoun-“Erez”
                                          crossing, located in the
                                          northern Gaza Strip, has
                                          prevented 432 patients, most
                                          of whom are oncology patients,
                                          in addition to 27 critical
                                          cases, who do not receive
                                          treatment in the hospitals in
                                          Gaza, from travelling for
                                          their treatments to hospitals
                                          in the West Bank, including
                                          Jerusalem, and Israel. For the
                                          past 18 months, Israel has
                                          denied the entry of diagnostic
                                          medical devices, and
                                          obstructed the entry of
                                          medicines into the Gaza Strip.
                                          The continued denial of the
                                          entry of foodstuffs,
                                          medicines, and medical
                                          equipment into the hospitals
                                          of the Gaza Strip, resulting
                                          in the unparalleled suffering
                                          of two million Palestinians
                                          held under a 16-year military
                                          closure, amounts to acts of
                                          collective punishment and
                                          inhumane acts of apartheid, in
                                          contravention of international
                                          law.</p>
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                                          North Gaza Governorate</p>
                                        <p style="text-align:
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                                          approximately 9:40 pm on
                                          Wednesday, 10 May 2023, an
                                          Israeli warplane targeted the
                                          house of Mohammad Sa’adi Salem
                                          Al-Masri, 67, located in
                                          Al-Shaimaa Street in the town
                                          of Beit Lahiya in the northern
                                          Gaza Strip, with two missiles.
                                          The targeted house is part of
                                          a two-storey residential
                                          building, which is 436 square
                                          metres  and contains four
                                          housing units, inhabited by
                                          four families, numbering 16
                                          individuals, including four
                                          women and eight children. The
                                          targeted house was completely
                                          destroyed, and a number of
                                          neighbouring homes and the
                                          headquarters of the Beit
                                          Lahiya Development Association
                                          were partially damaged. No
                                          injuries were reported.</p>
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                                        <p style="text-align:
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                                          owner of the house explained
                                          to Al-Haq that two of his
                                          neighbours had received calls
                                          from the Israeli intelligence
                                          at around 9:00 pm on the same
                                          day, from an unknown number.
                                          The caller informed them to
                                          evacuate the house of Mohammad
                                          Sa’adi Al-Masri and the
                                          neighbouring houses in
                                          preparation for its bombing.
                                          At approximately 9:30 in the
                                          evening, a reconnaissance
                                          plane targeted the house with
                                          a reconnaissance missile,
                                          known as a “warning missile”.
                                          Then, a warplane targeted the
                                          house with one missile,
                                          levelling the house to the
                                          ground.</p>
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                                          Khan Yunis Governorate </p>
                                        <p style="text-align:
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                                          approximately 5:15 pm on
                                          Tuesday, 9 May 2023, an
                                          Israeli drone targeted a
                                          civilian car, east of
                                          Al-Qarara town, hundreds of
                                          metres away from the perimeter
                                          fence, northeast of the city
                                          of Khan Yunis, in the southern
                                          Gaza Strip. According to
                                          initial information collected
                                          by Al-Haq’s field researcher,
                                          the targeting resulted in the
                                          complete destruction and
                                          burning of the car, killing
                                          two who were inside the car,
                                          Wa’el Mohammad Sabri Al-Agha,
                                          34, and Sa’ed Jawad Abd
                                          Farawneh, 28, and wounding two
                                          others at the scene. They were
                                          all transferred to Nasser
                                          Governmental Hospital in Khan
                                          Yunis, where the Ministry of
                                          Health in Gaza announced the
                                          deaths. The bodies of the
                                          deceased were charred and
                                          remained unidentified for
                                          about three hours, before
                                          confirmation by their
                                          families. Following the
                                          attack,  the Israeli occupying
                                          authorities <a
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                                          </a>that they had targeted a
                                          Palestinian cell of anti-tank
                                          launchers belonging to Al-Quds
                                          Brigades. Nonetheless, it
                                          remains unclear if the two
                                          targeted and killed
                                          Palestinians were directly
                                          participating in hostilities
                                          at the time of the attack </p>
                                        <p style="text-align:
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                                          approximately 11:30 am on
                                          Wednesday, 10 May 2023, an
                                          Israeli drone targeted
                                          Palestinians while they were
                                          in  agricultural fields in the
                                          town of Abasan Al-Kabira, east
                                          of Khan Yunis, in the southern
                                          Gaza Strip. The injured were
                                          transferred to the European
                                          Gaza Hospital in Khan Yunis,
                                          where their injuries were
                                          described as critical, and
                                          doctors’ attempts failed to
                                          resuscitate them. At
                                          approximately 1:00 pm, the
                                          Ministry of Health in Gaza
                                          announced the death of
                                          Mohammad Yousef Saleh Abu
                                          Ta’ima, 23 (one day before his
                                          24th birthday). Later the same
                                          day, at approximately 4:00 pm,
                                          the death of Alaa Maher Yassin
                                          Abu Ta’ima, 28, was announced.
                                          Both had been residents of the
                                          town of Abasan Al-Kabira, east
                                          of Khan Yunis. While Abu Ali
                                          Mustafa Brigades, the military
                                          wing of the Popular Front for
                                          the Liberation of Palestine,
                                          announced that Mohammad and
                                          Alaa were among its members,
                                          it remains unclear if they
                                          were directly participating in
                                          hostilities at the time of the
                                          attack.</p>
                                        <p style="text-align:
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                                          16px;line-height: 150%;">At
                                          approximately 1:19 a.m., on
                                          Thursday, 11 May 2023, Israeli
                                          warplanes launched three
                                          missiles, suddenly and without
                                          prior warning, resulting in
                                          the killing of  of leader of
                                          the Al-Quds Brigades, Ali
                                          Hassan Mouhammad Ghali, 50, a
                                          leader of the Al-Quds
                                          Brigades, the military wing of
                                          the Islamic Jihad movement.
                                          The missiles targeted
                                          Apartment No. H1, on the fifth
                                          floor of a five-storey
                                          residential building
                                          containing 20 apartments,
                                          located in Hamad Residential
                                          City in Khan Yunis, in an area
                                          densely populated with
                                          civilians. The apartment was
                                          completely destroyed, and
                                          extensive damage was caused to
                                          the neighbouring apartments
                                          and buildings. Three dead
                                          bodies were recovered from the
                                          scene, Ali Hassan Mouhammad
                                          Ghali, 50, his brother Mahmoud
                                          Hassan Mouhammad Ghali, 34,
                                          and nephew Mahmoud Walid
                                          Mouhammad Abdel-Gawad, 26.
                                          Another seven Palestinians who
                                          sustained minor and moderate
                                          injuries were injured due to
                                          the attack, including a child
                                          and three women, one of whom
                                          is pregnant, and were
                                          transported from the nearby
                                          apartments and buildings. The
                                          injured include:</p>
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                                          Maysa Muhammad Fawzi Abu Musa,
                                          32, in moderate condition, and
                                          pregnant;</p>
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                                          Rania Yahya Muhammad Hamid,
                                          32, in moderate condition;</p>
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                                          Nima Nahed Ibrahim Ayyash, 25,
                                          in minor injuries;</p>
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                                          Maya Wissam Mahmoud Al-Hindi,
                                          10, in minor injuries;</p>
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                                          Wissam Mahmoud Ahmed Al-Hindi,
                                          42, in minor injuries;</p>
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                                          Abdul Karim Jamal Fayeq
                                          Al-Nakhala, 18, in minor
                                          injuries;</p>
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                                          Abdullah Jamal Fayeq
                                          Al-Nakhala, 26, in moderate
                                          condition.</p>
                                        <p style="text-align:
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                                          16px;line-height: 150%;">From
                                          the remains of rocket
                                          fragments found at the scene,
                                          it is likely that the military
                                          planes bombed the apartment
                                          with three GBU-39 rocket
                                          bombs.</p>
                                        <p style="text-align:
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                                          Rafah Governorate</p>
                                        <p style="text-align:
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                                          16px;line-height: 150%;">At
                                          approximately 3:00 pm, on
                                          Wednesday, 10 May 2023, an
                                          Israeli drone targeted two
                                          Palestinians while they were
                                          in an open agricultural land
                                          in the town of Al-Shouka, east
                                          of Rafah, in the southern Gaza
                                          Strip. The two killed, Ayman
                                          Karam Hussein Saidam, 26, and
                                          Alamuddin Samir Tawfiq Abdel
                                          Aziz, 23, both of whom are
                                          from Rafah, were transferred
                                          to Martyr Abu Yousef Al-Najjar
                                          Hospital in Rafah. While Abu
                                          Ali Mustafa Brigades announced
                                          that Ayman and Alamuddin were
                                          among its members, it remains
                                          unclear if they were directly
                                          participating in hostilities
                                          at the time of the attack.</p>
                                        <p style="text-align:
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                                          16px;line-height: 150%;">At
                                          approximately 8:50 pm, on
                                          Wednesday, 10 May 2023,
                                          Israeli reconnaissance planes
                                          fired a missile at a
                                          three-storey residential
                                          belonging to Ziad Mousa Ahmed
                                          Al-Agha, 54, built on an area
                                          of 160 square metres on three
                                          dunums of land. The house is
                                          inhabited by four families
                                          consisting of 19 members,
                                          including four women and ten
                                          children. The building is
                                          located east of Al-Qarara
                                          town, northeast of Khan Yunis,
                                          about a kilometre away from
                                          the perimeter fence. About ten
                                          minutes later, Israeli F16
                                          warplanes bombed the house
                                          with two missiles, which led
                                          to its complete destruction,
                                          without causing any
                                          casualties. The IOF called one
                                          of the neighbours and asked
                                          him to confirm the evacuation
                                          of the house and the
                                          neighbouring houses. The
                                          family had evacuated the house
                                          since the start of the
                                          escalation in the Gaza Strip,
                                          at dawn on Tuesday, 9 May
                                          2023, due to its proximity to
                                          the border area. Notably, the
                                          house had previously been
                                          bombed during the Israeli
                                          aggression on the Gaza Strip
                                          in 2014, which had resulted in
                                          severe damage to the house.</p>
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                                          approximately 1:50 am on
                                          Thursday, 11 May 2023, Israeli
                                          warplanes bombed an old,
                                          uninhabited (abandoned) house
                                          in Bani Suhaila, east of Khan
                                          Yunis, which led to its
                                          complete destruction, without
                                          causing any casualties.</p>
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                                          Analysis</p>
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                                          Direct Participation in
                                          Hostilities</p>
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                                          premises its undifferentiated
                                          targeting of members of the
                                          Palestinian resistance, even
                                          when not engaged in military
                                          actions, on the doctrine of
                                          continuous combat function
                                          (CCF), a notion derived from
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                                            ICRC’s Interpretive Guidance
                                            on the Notion of Direct
                                            Participation in Hostilities</a>.
                                          The notion, which is not
                                          legally binding, expands the
                                          concept of who is a combatant,
                                          outside of the parties to the
                                          conflict, and those directly
                                          participating in hostilities,
                                          to include those individuals
                                          who are members of an armed
                                          group and “recruited, trained
                                          and equipped by such a group
                                          to continuously and directly
                                          participate in hostilities on
                                          its behalf”. These individuals
                                          are considered “to assume a
                                          continuous combat function
                                          even before he or she first
                                          carries out a hostile act”.
                                          The Israeli High Court of
                                          Justice, similarly provides
                                          that members of armed groups
                                          who carry out “a chain of
                                          hostilities, with short
                                          periods of rest between them”,
                                          will lose their immunity from
                                          attack when carrying out
                                          hostile acts, and during the
                                          breaks in between.<sup>[1]</sup>
                                          The application of CCF further
                                          raises preliminary issues
                                          around the classification of
                                          the conflict, given that CCF
                                          only applies in
                                          non-international armed
                                          conflicts (NIAC). Notably, the
                                          Palestinian territory held
                                          under belligerent occupation
                                          is one of an international
                                          armed conflict. </p>
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                                          report of the Independent
                                          International Commission of
                                          Inquiry on the protests in the
                                          Occupied Palestinian Territory
                                          in 2018, warned against the
                                          application of CCF, stating
                                          that: “CCF does not appear in
                                          IHL treaties and the concept
                                          remains unsettled when
                                          assessed as custom. In such
                                          circumstances, the Commission
                                          has taken the view that it
                                          must choose, particularly with
                                          humanitarian law, the
                                          interpretation accepted by a
                                          significant majority of the
                                          international community. Legal
                                          approaches accepted by only a
                                          small group of countries are
                                          not necessarily wrong, but are
                                          best not applied by a
                                          Commission until there is
                                          further acceptance by the
                                          international community”.<sup>[3]</sup>
                                          Given the absence of any
                                          treaty or customary law basis
                                          for CCF, the only legitimate
                                          targeting is of those who are
                                          at the time, directly
                                          participating in hostilities.
                                          Civilians would only lose
                                          protection from attack, “<a
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                                            the duration of each
                                            specific act</a> amounting
                                          to direct participation in
                                          hostilities. This includes any
                                          preparations and geographical
                                          deployments or withdrawals
                                          constituting an integral part
                                          of a specific hostile act”.
                                          From the preliminary field
                                          reports, there is no evidence
                                          that those targeted were
                                          carrying out acts amounting to
                                          direct participation in
                                          hostilities, at the time of
                                          the attacks.</p>
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                                          Knock on the Roof, Precautions</p>
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                                          the conduct of military
                                          operations, Article 57 of
                                          Additional Protocol I,
                                          requires that parties, “take
                                          all feasible precautions in
                                          the choice of means and
                                          methods of attack with a view
                                          to avoiding, and in any event
                                          to minimizing, incidental loss
                                          of civilian life, injury to
                                          civilians and damage to
                                          civilian objects”. Further,
                                          the aforementioned Article
                                          specifically warns that “[n]o
                                          provision in this article may
                                          be construed as authorizing
                                          any attacks against the
                                          civilian population, civilians
                                          or civilian objects.”
                                          Employing the use of a bomb to
                                          “knock” on the roof, or a
                                          reconnaissance missile as a
                                          form of communication, like a
                                          knock on a door, may amount to
                                          “[a]cts or threats of violence
                                          the primary purpose of which
                                          is to spread terror among the
                                          civilian population” and
                                          accordingly “are prohibited”
                                          under Article 51 of Additional
                                          Protocol I.</p>
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                                          reconnaissance missiles that
                                          are employed to deliver “knock
                                          on the roof” warnings are far
                                          from benign, and in many cases
                                          are capable of penetrating
                                          several floors in high rise
                                          buildings. There are numerous
                                          documented cases of persons
                                          being <a
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                                          in missile attacks from “knock
                                          on the roof” warnings. It is
                                          worth mentioning that due to
                                          this type of bombardment the
                                          residents of the house, and
                                          neighbouring houses, evacuate
                                          them to be bombed and
                                          completely destroyed by
                                          fighter jets. In some cases,
                                          this happens after hours and
                                          mostly the residents of the
                                          house, and even the residents
                                          of neighbouring houses are not
                                          be able to go back to the
                                          houses out of fear of another
                                          bombardment, until there is a
                                          cease-fire. In this case the
                                          residential building
                                          containing four residential
                                          units was completely
                                          destroyed. Crucially the
                                          principle of distinction in
                                          armed conflict is sacrosanct
                                          and Israel must distinguish
                                          between civilian objects which
                                          do not constitute legitimate
                                          military objectives in
                                          targeting.</p>
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                                          Superfluous Injury and
                                          Unnecessary Suffering</p>
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                                          preliminary field reports, the
                                          drone attack on a car, which
                                          caused the total destruction
                                          of the car, and the burning of
                                          the two occupants beyond
                                          recognition, may be indicative
                                          of a deployment of weapons,
                                          projectiles and material and
                                          methods of warfare of a nature
                                          to cause superfluous injury or
                                          unnecessary suffering, acts
                                          which are specifically
                                          prohibited under Article 35 of
                                          Additional Protocol 1.</p>
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                                          collateral civilian damage
                                          arising from military
                                          operations must not be
                                          excessive in relation to the
                                          direct and concrete military
                                          advantage anticipated from
                                          such operations. Notably, the
                                          attacks were directed at
                                          densely populated compactly
                                          built residential areas,
                                          resulting in the total damage
                                          of 19 residential units, and
                                          the partial destruction of 314
                                          residential units, and may be
                                          indicative of a response
                                          disproportionately destroying
                                          civilian objects. More
                                          specifically, the bombing and
                                          complete destruction of the
                                          residential building of Ziad
                                          Mousa Ahmed Al-Agha, 54, home
                                          to four families, amounted to
                                          a direct attack on a civilian
                                          object and may amount to a
                                          breach of the principle of
                                          distinction.</p>
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                                          Collective Punishment of
                                          Palestinian Population</p>
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                                          43 of the Hague Regulations,
                                          reflective of customary
                                          international law, requires
                                          that the Occupying Power
                                          restore and ensure, as far as
                                          possible, public order and
                                          civil life in the occupied
                                          territory. This places an onus
                                          on the occupant exercising de
                                          facto control, to ensure the
                                          welfare of the occupied
                                          population, including by
                                          ensuring that Palestinians
                                          enjoy a fuel supply and
                                          electricity services. As
                                          Occupying Power, Israel also
                                          has specific obligations “to
                                          the fullest extent of the
                                          means available to it and
                                          without any adverse
                                          distinction”, to ensure
                                          “supplies essential to the
                                          survival of the civilian
                                          population of the occupied
                                          territory”.<sup>[4]</sup> This
                                          includes the ensuring the
                                          entry of critical medical
                                          supplies into the Gaza Strip.</p>
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                                          55 of the Fourth Geneva
                                          Conventions obliges the
                                          Occupying Power, “to the
                                          fullest extent of the means
                                          available to it” the duty of
                                          ensuring “the food and medical
                                          supplies of the population”.
                                          In the case where such
                                          resources are inadequate, as
                                          has been clearly demonstrated
                                          from the impact of the 16-year
                                          closure of Gaza, “it should,
                                          in particular, bring in the
                                          necessary foodstuffs, medical
                                          stores and other articles if
                                          the resources of the occupied
                                          territory are inadequate”.
                                          There are further specific
                                          obligations to ensure the
                                          passage of humanitarian
                                          supplies in areas under siege.
                                          Article 17 of the Fourth
                                          Geneva Convention for example
                                          specifically requires that
                                          parties to the conflict
                                          conclude agreements to
                                          facilitate the passage of
                                          medical personnel and medical
                                          equipment on their way to such
                                          areas under siege.</p>
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                                          denial of movement to
                                          civilians in receipt of
                                          life-saving and
                                          life-prolonging medical
                                          treatments outside the Gaza
                                          Strip, breaches the
                                          inviolability of rights of the
                                          protected occupied population,
                                          enshrined in Article 27 of the
                                          Fourth Geneva Convention. All
                                          forms of collective punishment
                                          are absolutely prohibited by
                                          Article 50 of the 1907 Hague
                                          Regulations, Article 33(1) of
                                          the Fourth Geneva Convention,
                                          and constitute a breach of
                                          customary international
                                          humanitarian law. The Fourth
                                          Geneva Convention prohibits
                                          “penalties of any kind
                                          inflicted on persons or entire
                                          groups of persons, in defiance
                                          of the most elementary
                                          principles of humanity, for
                                          acts that these persons have
                                          not committed.” This includes,
                                          “economic closures on civilian
                                          populations, cutting off of
                                          power and water supplies,
                                          [and] withholding of medical
                                          supplies”.<sup>[5]</sup></p>
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                                          to the failure of the
                                          international community to
                                          curb Israel’s continued
                                          aggressions on the Gaza Strip,
                                          due to the continued abuse of
                                          the US veto at the UN Security
                                          Council, it is incumbent on
                                          Third States to take measures
                                          to ensure respect for the
                                          Geneva Conventions and to cut
                                          off the economic incentives
                                          that drive the prolonged
                                          illegal occupation. Al-Haq
                                          calls on Third States to adopt
                                          legislation to ban the import
                                          of settlement goods and
                                          services into their
                                          jurisdictions, for financial
                                          institutions to divest from
                                          settlement enterprises
                                          including Israeli banks, and
                                          for municipalities and
                                          regional councils to end all
                                          procurements from illegal
                                          settlement enterprises. The
                                          international community must
                                          address the root causes
                                          underpinning Israel’s
                                          successive military offensives
                                          on the Gaza Strip, as acts of
                                          violence employed to maintain
                                          and entrench the settler
                                          colonial apartheid regime.
                                          Al-Haq calls on Third States
                                          to recognise Israel’s policies
                                          and practices of segregating
                                          Gaza as an isolated Bantustan
                                          disconnected from the world,
                                          as the inhumane acts of a
                                          segregationist discriminatory
                                          apartheid regime. Moreover,
                                          Al-Haq calls on Third States
                                          to implement meaningful and
                                          effective measures to counter
                                          Israel’s impunity, including
                                          economic sanctions, arms
                                          embargoes, severing diplomatic
                                          ties. </p>
                                        <p style="text-align:
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                                          100%;color:
                                          #202020;font-family:
                                          Helvetica;font-size:
                                          16px;line-height: 150%;">Al-Haq
                                          further calls on the
                                          International Criminal Court
                                          to increase the budget
                                          allocation to the Situation in
                                          the State of Palestine, and
                                          for the Prosecutor to
                                          coordinate entry into the Gaza
                                          Strip to investigate the
                                          violations of international
                                          humanitarian law which may
                                          amount to grave breaches of
                                          the Geneva Conventions, war
                                          crimes and crimes against
                                          humanity within the
                                          jurisdiction of the court,
                                          including the crimes against
                                          humanity of apartheid and
                                          persecution.</p>
                                        <p style="text-align:
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                                          #202020;font-family:
                                          Helvetica;font-size:
                                          16px;line-height: 150%;"> </p>
                                        <p style="text-align:
                                          justify;margin: 10px
                                          0;padding:
                                          0;mso-line-height-rule:
                                          exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust:
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                                          #202020;font-family:
                                          Helvetica;font-size:
                                          16px;line-height: 150%;"> </p>
                                        <p style="text-align:
                                          justify;margin: 10px
                                          0;padding:
                                          0;mso-line-height-rule:
                                          exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust:
                                          100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust:
                                          100%;color:
                                          #202020;font-family:
                                          Helvetica;font-size:
                                          16px;line-height: 150%;"> </p>
                                        <p style="text-align:
                                          justify;margin: 10px
                                          0;padding:
                                          0;mso-line-height-rule:
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                                          100%;color:
                                          #202020;font-family:
                                          Helvetica;font-size:
                                          16px;line-height: 150%;"><sup>[1]</sup>
                                          Israeli High Court of Justice,
                                          The Public Committee against
                                          Torture v. The Government of
                                          Israel, HCJ 769/ 02, Judgment,
                                          13 December 2006, para. 39.</p>
                                        <p style="text-align:
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                                          100%;color:
                                          #202020;font-family:
                                          Helvetica;font-size:
                                          16px;line-height: 150%;"><sup>[2]</sup>
                                          ICRC’s Interpretive Guidance
                                          on the Notion of Direct
                                          Participation in Hostilities,
                                          p. 24, footnote 6.</p>
                                        <p style="text-align:
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                                          0;mso-line-height-rule:
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                                          100%;color:
                                          #202020;font-family:
                                          Helvetica;font-size:
                                          16px;line-height: 150%;"><sup>[3]</sup>
                                          Report of the detailed
                                          findings of the independent
                                          international Commission of
                                          inquiry on the protests in the
                                          Occupied Palestinian
                                          Territory, para 105.</p>
                                        <p style="text-align:
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                                          0;mso-line-height-rule:
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                                          100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust:
                                          100%;color:
                                          #202020;font-family:
                                          Helvetica;font-size:
                                          16px;line-height: 150%;"><sup>[4]</sup>
                                          Article 69(1), Additional
                                          Protocol 1 (1977).</p>
                                        <p style="text-align:
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                                          100%;color:
                                          #202020;font-family:
                                          Helvetica;font-size:
                                          16px;line-height: 150%;"><sup>[5]</sup>
                                          Report of the Special
                                          Rapporteur on the situation of
                                          human rights in the
                                          Palestinian territories
                                          occupied since 1967, para. 26.</p>
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cellpadding="0" border="0">
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                                                          <tr>
                                                          <td
                                                          style="padding-top:
5px;padding-right: 10px;padding-bottom: 5px;padding-left:
                                                          9px;mso-line-height-rule:
exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"
                                                          valign="middle"
                                                          align="left">
                                                          <table
                                                          style="border-collapse:
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                                                          <tbody>
                                                          <tr>
                                                          <td
                                                          class="mcnFollowIconContent"
style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust:
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href="https://alhaq.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=10071401ba4201bc1a4992f68&id=153d6372e9&e=08c14cf485"
target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule:
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100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" moz-do-not-send="true"><img
src="https://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/icons/social-block-v2/color-instagram-48.png"
alt="Instagram" style="display: block;border: 0;height: auto;outline:
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                                                          width="24"
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                                                          style="display:
inline;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace:
0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"
                                                          cellspacing="0"
cellpadding="0" border="0" align="left">
                                                          <tbody>
                                                          <tr>
                                                          <td
                                                          style="padding-right:
0;padding-bottom: 9px;mso-line-height-rule:
                                                          exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust:
100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"
                                                          class="mcnFollowContentItemContainer"
                                                          valign="top">
                                                          <table
                                                          class="mcnFollowContentItem"
style="border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace:
0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"
                                                          width="100%"
                                                          cellspacing="0"
cellpadding="0" border="0">
                                                          <tbody>
                                                          <tr>
                                                          <td
                                                          style="padding-top:
5px;padding-right: 10px;padding-bottom: 5px;padding-left:
                                                          9px;mso-line-height-rule:
exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"
                                                          valign="middle"
                                                          align="left">
                                                          <table
                                                          style="border-collapse:
collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace:
                                                          0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust:
100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" width="" cellspacing="0"
                                                          cellpadding="0"
                                                          border="0"
                                                          align="left">
                                                          <tbody>
                                                          <tr>
                                                          <td
                                                          class="mcnFollowIconContent"
style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust:
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                                                          100%;"
                                                          width="24"
                                                          valign="middle"
                                                          align="center">
                                                          <a
href="https://alhaq.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=10071401ba4201bc1a4992f68&id=2bb5cbb70e&e=08c14cf485"
target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule:
                                                          exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust:
100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;" moz-do-not-send="true"><img
src="https://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/icons/social-block-v2/color-youtube-48.png"
                                                          alt="YouTube"
style="display: block;border: 0;height: auto;outline:
                                                          none;text-decoration:
none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;" class="" moz-do-not-send="true"
                                                          width="24"
                                                          height="24"></a>
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                                                          </td>
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                                                        <!--[if mso]>
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                                        <![endif]-->
                                                        <!--[if mso]>
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                                    <![endif]--> </td>
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                          </tbody>
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                          width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
                          border="0">
                          <tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter">
                            <tr>
                              <td class="mcnTextBlockInner"
                                style="padding-top:
                                9px;mso-line-height-rule:
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                                100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"
                                valign="top">
                                <!--[if mso]>
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                                <tr>
                                <![endif]-->
                                <!--[if mso]>
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                                  class="mcnTextContentContainer"
                                  width="100%" cellspacing="0"
                                  cellpadding="0" border="0"
                                  align="left">
                                  <tbody>
                                    <tr>
                                      <td class="mcnTextContent"
                                        style="padding-top:
                                        0;padding-right:
                                        18px;padding-bottom:
                                        9px;padding-left:
                                        18px;mso-line-height-rule:
                                        exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust:
                                        100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust:
                                        100%;word-break:
                                        break-word;color:
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                                        Helvetica;font-size:
                                        12px;line-height:
                                        150%;text-align: center;"
                                        valign="top"> <em>Copyright ©
                                          2023 Al-Haq Organization, All
                                          rights reserved.</em><br>
                                        <br>
                                        <strong>Our mailing address is:</strong><br>
                                        Al-Haq Organization<br>
                                        54 Main Street<br>
                                        Ramallah P6008148<br>
                                        Palestine<br>
                                        <br>
                                      </td>
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                                <!--[if mso]>
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                                <![endif]-->
                                <!--[if mso]>
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                    </tr>
                  </tbody>
                </table>
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                        </tr>
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