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                                          16px;line-height: 150%;"><strong>Israel’s
                                            Five-Day Military Offensive
                                            on Gaza Was Yet Again Marked
                                            by Wilful Killing,
                                            Destruction of Civilian
                                            Property, and Absolute
                                            Impunity <br>
                                            <br>
                                            Date: 3 June 2023</strong></p>
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                                          16px;line-height: 150%;">One
                                          month before two million
                                          Palestinians in the Gaza Strip
                                          mark 16 years of Israel’s
                                          illegal blockade and closure,
                                          they were subjected to the
                                          sixth Israeli military
                                          offensive since 2008. The
                                          official <a
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                                            moz-do-not-send="true">Israeli-declared
                                            goal</a> of the <a
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                                            moz-do-not-send="true">pre-planned</a>
                                          military offensive, which
                                          started on 9 May 2023, and
                                          ended with a ceasefire at 10
                                          pm on 13 May 2023, was to
                                          target members of the Islamic
                                          Jihad Movement in the Gaza
                                          Strip. In practice, Israel’s
                                          offensive was characterised by
                                          widespread shelling of
                                          civilian homes in densely
                                          populated residential areas,
                                          deliberately targeting entire
                                          families, including children.
                                          While claiming that military
                                          targets were present in the
                                          bombed locations, Israel
                                          failed to abide by inviolable
                                          rules of the laws of armed
                                          conflict, such as the
                                          principles of distinction and
                                          proportionality.</p>
                                        <p style="text-align:
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                                          16px;line-height: 150%;">During
                                          the Israeli five-day military
                                          offensive on the Gaza Strip,
                                          33 Palestinians, including six
                                          children and four women, were
                                          killed, and another 190
                                          Palestinians, including 64
                                          children, and 38 women, were
                                          injured according to the
                                          Palestinian Ministry of
                                          Health. The Government Media
                                          Office in Gaza <a
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                                          the damage to 2,041
                                          residential units, 93 of which
                                          were completely destroyed,
                                          1,820 partially destroyed, and
                                          128 have been rendered
                                          uninhabitable. This has
                                          resulted in the displacement
                                          of entire families residing in
                                          an area, whose population is <a
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                                            moz-do-not-send="true">predominantly
                                            refugees</a> who have been
                                          denied their right to return
                                          to their original and
                                          ancestral homes and lands
                                          since 1948.</p>
                                        <p style="text-align:
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                                          #202020;font-family:
                                          Helvetica;font-size:
                                          16px;line-height: 150%;">Notably,
                                          the targeting and killing of
                                          Palestinian families and
                                          children, and the destruction
                                          of civilian properties are not
                                          a result of negligence but a
                                          purposeful and systematic
                                          policy. A striking example of
                                          this can be seen in the 2014
                                          military offensive on the Gaza
                                          Strip, where 142 Palestinian
                                          families had three or more
                                          members <a
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                                            moz-do-not-send="true">killed</a> in
                                          the same attack. In this
                                          recent five-day military
                                          offensive, at least five
                                          families have witnessed the
                                          killing and/or injury of one
                                          or more members of their
                                          nuclear family, and the
                                          partial or complete
                                          destruction of their homes,
                                          leaving behind displaced
                                          orphans and widows, who, in
                                          many cases, had also sustained
                                          physical injuries, with
                                          indescribable socio-economic
                                          and psychological impacts.</p>
                                        <p style="text-align:
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                                          16px;line-height: 150%;">Furthermore,
                                          during the five-day military
                                          offensive, the Israeli
                                          occupying authorities imposed
                                          more restrictive <a
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                                            moz-do-not-send="true">collective
                                            punishment</a> measures
                                          against Palestinians in the
                                          Gaza Strip, who are already
                                          enduring a humanitarian crisis
                                          as a result of Israel’s
                                          illegal occupation and
                                          blockade. The Israeli
                                          occupying authorities closed
                                          the “Erez” and “Kerem Shalom”
                                          checkpoints between 9 and 13
                                          May 2023, preventing the
                                          movement of individuals,
                                          equipment and services. This
                                          included denying the transfer
                                          of patients outside of Gaza,
                                          and the passage of medicines,
                                          medical equipment and supplies
                                          into the Gaza Strip, as well
                                          as the passage of <a
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                                          </a>necessary for the
                                          operation of the only power
                                          plant in the Gaza Strip;
                                          aggravating the existing
                                          humanitarian crisis and
                                          further undermining the
                                          already collapsed health
                                          system. The Palestinian Energy
                                          and Natural Resources
                                          Authority (PENRA), on the
                                          fifth day of the military
                                          offensive, <a
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                                          of a humanitarian catastrophe
                                          affecting all vital sectors,
                                          including health, water,
                                          electricity, and other
                                          services. PENRA stated that
                                          under the 16-year-old
                                          blockade, Gaza’s only power
                                          plant had already failed to
                                          meet the energy demands, and
                                          as of 13 May 2023, the
                                          aggression and forcible denial
                                          of fuel passage had resulted
                                          in a 52 per cent energy
                                          deficit. Moreover, the
                                          aggression had a severe impact
                                          on the agricultural and
                                          fishing sectors, as fishermen
                                          and farmers were unable to
                                          access restricted sea areas
                                          and their agricultural lands,
                                          while significant damage was
                                          inflicted on agricultural
                                          lands due to Israeli shelling.</p>
                                        <p style="text-align:
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                                          16px;line-height: 150%;">Updates
                                          on the last two days of the
                                          military offensive (Reporting
                                          Period: 12 pm Friday, 12 May
                                          2023 - 10 pm Saturday, 13 May
                                          2023)</p>
                                        <p style="text-align:
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                                          16px;line-height: 150%;">Al-Haq’s
                                          preliminary documentation for
                                          the first three days of the
                                          military offensive, during
                                          which 31 Palestinians were
                                          killed, can be found <a
href="https://alhaq.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=10071401ba4201bc1a4992f68&id=66092c14a2&e=08c14cf485"
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                                          The following preliminary
                                          documentation of the last two
                                          days of the military
                                          offensive, 12 and 13 May 2023,
                                          illustrates the targeted
                                          killing of two Palestinians
                                          and the highly intensive and
                                          deliberate targeting of
                                          civilian properties.</p>
                                        <p style="text-align:
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                                          Targeted Killing of Two
                                          Palestinians on 12 May 2023</p>
                                        <p style="text-align:
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                                          16px;line-height: 150%;">At
                                          around 4:20 pm on Friday, 12
                                          May 2023, Israeli warplanes
                                          fired one missile, without
                                          prior warning, at the home of
                                          Mohammad Walid Mohammad Abdel
                                          ‘Al, 33, which was located on
                                          the fifth floor of a
                                          six-storey building,
                                          containing 19 apartments,
                                          located in Al-Nasr Street,
                                          north of Gaza City. As a
                                          result, two Palestinians were
                                          killed; Iyad al-Abed Mohammad
                                          al-Husseini, 51, a leader of
                                          Al-Quds Brigades, the military
                                          wing of the Islamic Jihad
                                          movement, and Mohammad Walid
                                          Mohammad Abdel ‘Al, 33.
                                          Another five Palestinians,
                                          including two two-year-old
                                          toddlers, were wounded. The
                                          targeted apartment was
                                          completely destroyed, and
                                          other apartments in the
                                          building and nearby houses
                                          incurred damage.</p>
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                                          Massive Destruction of
                                          Residential Homes, Displacing
                                          350 Palestinians Within Two
                                          Days</p>
                                        <p style="text-align:
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                                          below timeline showcases the
                                          complete destruction of
                                          residential homes across the
                                          Gaza Strip over the course of
                                          the last two days of the
                                          military offensive, spanning
                                          from 11 to 13 May 2023.
                                          Although the owners of the
                                          targeted homes had received
                                          “warning” calls directly from
                                          Israeli intelligence officers
                                          or via neighbours or relatives
                                          to evacuate their homes prior
                                          to the airstrikes, and/or the
                                          homes had been targeted with
                                          the so-called “warning
                                          missiles” from Israeli
                                          renaissance planes, and no
                                          serious injuries were
                                          reported, the complete
                                          destruction of these
                                          residential homes resulted in
                                          the displacement of at least
                                          61 families, consisting of 350
                                          Palestinians, including 183
                                          children, and 76 women. In
                                          most of these cases, nearby
                                          homes were also damaged.</p>
                                        <p style="text-align:
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                                          16px;line-height: 150%;">At
                                          around 2:10 pm on Friday, 12
                                          May 2023, Israeli warplanes
                                          launched two missiles at the
                                          home of Ahmad Ayesh Silmi Al
                                          Hashash, 41, located in Mosbeh
                                          neighbourhood, north of Rafah
                                          city. The home was inhabited
                                          by one family of seven
                                          Palestinians, including five
                                          children and one woman. During
                                          the same attack, two
                                          neighbouring residential
                                          apartments were also
                                          completely destructed: the
                                          home of Kamel Mazeed Salameh
                                          Al-Hashash, inhabited by two
                                          families of 13 Palestinians,
                                          including eight children and
                                          two women; and the home of
                                          Mohammad Ayesh Salameh
                                          Al-Hashash, inhabited by one
                                          family of nine Palestinians,
                                          including five children and
                                          two women.</p>
                                        <p style="text-align:
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                                          16px;line-height: 150%;">At
                                          around 2:15 pm, on Friday, 12
                                          May 2023, an Israeli warplane
                                          fired two missiles at a
                                          two-storey residence owned by
                                          Samir Mohammad Matar Taha, 61,
                                          located in the Al-Fakhoura
                                          area in Jabalia in the
                                          northern Gaza Strip. The
                                          aforementioned building
                                          comprised three apartments and
                                          was home to two families
                                          consisting of eight
                                          Palestinians, including four
                                          children and two women.</p>
                                        <p style="text-align:
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                                          16px;line-height: 150%;">At
                                          around 3:55 pm on Friday, 12
                                          May 2023, an Israeli warplane
                                          launched two missiles at a
                                          three-storey residence
                                          belonging to Kamal Ahmad Ahmad
                                          Abu Teir, 61, located in
                                          Abasan Al-Kabira, east of Khan
                                          Younis. The residence
                                          comprised five apartments,
                                          serving as the homes of four
                                          families of 18 Palestinians,
                                          including seven children and
                                          four women.</p>
                                        <p style="text-align:
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                                          16px;line-height: 150%;">At
                                          around 4:20 pm on Friday, 12
                                          May 2023, an Israeli warplane
                                          fired two missiles at a
                                          three-storey residence owned
                                          by Hussein Mohammad Hasan
                                          Marouf, 58, situated in the
                                          Al-Amal neighbourhood of Beit
                                          Lahia in the northern Gaza
                                          Strip. The residence comprised
                                          four apartments and was home
                                          to three families, totalling
                                          15 Palestinians, including
                                          nine children and three women.</p>
                                        <p style="text-align:
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                                          16px;line-height: 150%;">At
                                          around 8:30 pm on Friday, 12
                                          May 2023, an Israeli warplane
                                          fired two missiles at a
                                          five-storey residence
                                          belonging to Mohammad Ali
                                          Hasan Yaseen, 60, located in
                                          Al-Zaytoun neighbourhood, east
                                          of Gaza City. The residence
                                          was inhabited by five
                                          families, totalling 24
                                          Palestinians, including ten
                                          children and three women.</p>
                                        <p style="text-align:
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                                          around the same time, Israeli
                                          warplanes launched two
                                          missiles at a two-storey
                                          residence owned by Yahya Kamil
                                          Salem Abu Obeid, 55, and
                                          situated in Deir Al-Balah
                                          city. The residence comprised
                                          two apartments, and was home
                                          to two families, totalling 11
                                          Palestinians, including two
                                          children and six women. The
                                          bombing of Yahya’s residence
                                          caused extensive damage in the
                                          vicinity, including the severe
                                          and partial destruction of
                                          approximately 20 neighbouring
                                          homes, and the partial damage
                                          of four departments of Al-Aqsa
                                          Martyrs Hospital, which is
                                          located around 100 meters away
                                          from the targeted home and
                                          serves as the primary and only
                                          hospital for Deir Al-Balah
                                          Governorate’s 350,000
                                          population. As a result of the
                                          attack, two hospital staff
                                          members and one child patient
                                          sustained mild injuries.
                                          Another six Palestinians,
                                          including four children and
                                          one woman, from the nearby
                                          residences of the targeted
                                          home were admitted to Al-Aqsa
                                          Martyrs Hospital for minor
                                          injuries.</p>
                                        <p style="text-align:
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                                          16px;line-height: 150%;">At
                                          around 1:30 am on Saturday, 13
                                          May 2023, Israeli warplanes
                                          fired four renaissance
                                          missiles at a three-storey
                                          residence belonging to Salim
                                          Hasan Ismail Abu Ataa, 60,
                                          located in Al-Shuja’iyya
                                          neighbourhood, east of Gaza
                                          City. The residence was
                                          inhabited by two families of
                                          20 Palestinians, including 13
                                          children and two women.
                                          Notably, the owner of the
                                          targeted residence is the
                                          father of Bahaa Salim Hasan
                                          Abu Al-Ata, 42, who was a
                                          leader of the Al-Quds
                                          Brigades. Bahaa was killed by
                                          the Israeli occupying forces
                                          (IOF) on 12 November 2019, in
                                          a targeted bombing in his
                                          bedroom, which also led to the
                                          killing of his wife, Asmaa
                                          Mohammad Hasan Abu Al-Ata, 38,
                                          and the injury of four of
                                          their children, three of whom
                                          were minors.</p>
                                        <p style="text-align:
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                                          16px;line-height: 150%;">At
                                          around 3:00 am on Saturday, 13
                                          May 2023, Israeli warplanes
                                          fired one missile at a
                                          five-storey residence owned by
                                          Hazem Adel Mohammad Mohhana,
                                          60, located in Al-Yarmouk
                                          neighbourhood, north of Gaza
                                          City. The home was inhabited
                                          by five families of 19
                                          Palestinians, including five
                                          children and eight women.</p>
                                        <p style="text-align:
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                                          16px;line-height: 150%;">At
                                          around 10:05 am on Saturday,
                                          13 May 2023, an Israeli
                                          warplane fired two missiles at
                                          a three-storey residence
                                          belonging to Faraj Fathi Ahmad
                                          Banat, 39, located in Beit
                                          Lahia in the northern Gaza
                                          Strip. The residence comprised
                                          three apartments, housing
                                          three families of 22
                                          Palestinians, including 12
                                          children and four women. As a
                                          result, two women sustained
                                          minor injuries. Three nearby
                                          homes and the local
                                          electricity and
                                          telecommunications networks in
                                          the neighbourhood were
                                          extremely damaged. Other
                                          nearby homes and Al Sheikh
                                          Saad Mosque were also damaged.</p>
                                        <p style="text-align:
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                                          16px;line-height: 150%;">At
                                          around 11:45 am on Saturday,
                                          13 May 2023, an Israeli
                                          warplane launched two missiles
                                          at a three-storey residence of
                                          the late Khader Radwan
                                          Mohammad Al-Za’aneen, located
                                          in Beit Hanoun town, in the
                                          northern Gaza Strip. The
                                          residence comprised six
                                          apartments, serving as the
                                          homes to six families
                                          consisting of 46 Palestinians,
                                          including 30 children and six
                                          women.</p>
                                        <p style="text-align:
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                                          16px;line-height: 150%;">At
                                          around 2:15 pm on Saturday, 13
                                          May 2023, an Israeli warplane
                                          fired two missiles at a
                                          four-storey residence owned by
                                          Khalid Mustafa Badawi Nabhan,
                                          52, located in Bi’r Al-Na’ja
                                          area, in Jabalia town,
                                          northern Gaza Strip. The
                                          residence comprised eight
                                          apartments, accommodating six
                                          families totalling 45
                                          Palestinians, including 28
                                          children and nine women.</p>
                                        <p style="text-align:
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                                          16px;line-height: 150%;">Houriya
                                          Badawi Nabhan, 44, Khalid’s
                                          niece, said that her uncle’s
                                          home was inhabited by five
                                          persons with disabilities, two
                                          of whom are children. Houriya
                                          added that their medical
                                          equipment and treatment papers
                                          were completely lost under the
                                          rubble of their destroyed
                                          home. She added that when her
                                          cousin, Khalid Nabhan,
                                          received a “warning call” from
                                          an Israeli intelligence
                                          officer at 2:00 pm on the same
                                          day to immediately evacuate
                                          the home, Khalid attempted to
                                          delay the bombing and ensure
                                          sufficient time to evacuate
                                          the residents, especially
                                          those with disabilities. To no
                                          avail, the IOF allowed them
                                          only 15 minutes, before
                                          carrying out the attack and
                                          bombing their home.</p>
                                        <p style="text-align:
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                                          16px;line-height: 150%;">At
                                          around 2:30 pm on Saturday, 13
                                          May 2023, an Israeli warplane
                                          fired two missiles at the home
                                          of Mohammad Shihdeh Mohammad
                                          Al-Haou, 61, located in the
                                          Al-Jarn area, in Jabalia town,
                                          in the northern Gaza Strip.
                                          The targeted home was
                                          inhabited by one family of six
                                          Palestinians, including three
                                          women.</p>
                                        <p style="text-align:
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                                          16px;line-height: 150%;">At
                                          around 5:05 pm on Saturday, 13
                                          May 2023, an Israeli warplane
                                          fired two missiles at a
                                          three-storey residence of the
                                          late Khalid Kamal Ali
                                          Al-Shnbari, located in Beit
                                          Hanoun town, in the northern
                                          Gaza Strip. The residence
                                          comprised four apartments and
                                          was home to three families of
                                          15 Palestinians, including
                                          eight children and four women.
                                          The same attack resulted in
                                          the complete destruction of
                                          two adjacent apartments, which
                                          were inhabited by two
                                          families, consisting of six
                                          members, including one child
                                          and two women.</p>
                                        <p style="text-align:
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                                          16px;line-height: 150%;">At
                                          around 5:40 pm on Saturday, 13
                                          May 2023, Israeli warplanes
                                          fired two missiles at a
                                          two-storey residence owned by
                                          Azmi Fadel Hasan Tafesh, 50,
                                          located east of Al-Zaytoun
                                          neighbourhood, east of Gaza
                                          City. The residence was
                                          inhabited by two families,
                                          comprising 12 Palestinians,
                                          including seven children, two
                                          of whom have disabilities, and
                                          three women.</p>
                                        <p style="text-align:
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                                          16px;line-height: 150%;">At
                                          around 6:00 pm on Saturday, 13
                                          May 2023, Israeli warplanes
                                          fired two missiles at a
                                          three-storey residence
                                          belonging to Ziyad Salim Husni
                                          Silmi, 50, located east in
                                          Al-Zaytoun neighbourhood, east
                                          of Gaza City. The residence
                                          consisted of two apartments,
                                          and was home to two families,
                                          totalling 13 Palestinians,
                                          including nine children and
                                          three women.</p>
                                        <p style="text-align:
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                                          16px;line-height: 150%;">At
                                          around 7:00 pm on Saturday, 13
                                          May 2023, Israeli warplanes
                                          fired one missile at the home
                                          of Salah Mohammad Ibrahim
                                          Al-Loh, 34, located west of
                                          Al-Nuseirat Refugee Camp in
                                          Deir Al-Balah Governorate. The
                                          targeted home was inhabited by
                                          one family, comprising five
                                          Palestinians, including three
                                          children and one woman. The
                                          same attack also resulted in
                                          the complete destruction of
                                          the nearby home belonging to
                                          Salah’s father, Mohammad
                                          Ibrahim Al-Loh, 68, which
                                          comprised four apartments, and
                                          was home to four families,
                                          totalling 18 Palestinians,
                                          including ten children and
                                          four women.</p>
                                        <p style="text-align:
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                                          Analysis</p>
                                        <p style="text-align:
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                                          16px;line-height: 150%;">First
                                          and foremost, it is important
                                          to stress that the entire
                                          military offensive is
                                          happening in a context of an <a
href="https://alhaq.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=10071401ba4201bc1a4992f68&id=4f4d47328e&e=08c14cf485"
                                            target="_blank"
                                            style="mso-line-height-rule:
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                                            moz-do-not-send="true">illegal
                                            occupation</a>, where Israel
                                          has consistently violated a
                                          series of peremptory norms of
                                          international law. These
                                          violations include the
                                          annexation of territory,
                                          disregard for the principle of
                                          temporariness, failure to
                                          fulfil obligations as an
                                          Occupying Power to act in good
                                          faith and in the best
                                          interests of the occupied
                                          population, and the denial of
                                          the inalienable right to
                                          self-determination of the
                                          Palestinian people and right
                                          of return for Palestinian
                                          refugees. Moreover, the
                                          closure and blockade of the
                                          Gaza Strip since 2007
                                          constitute a form of
                                          collective punishment, in
                                          clear violation of
                                          international humanitarian
                                          law.</p>
                                        <p style="text-align:
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                                          Helvetica;font-size:
                                          16px;line-height: 150%;">The
                                          abovementioned incidents that
                                          occurred between 11 and 13 May
                                          further reveal a widespread
                                          pattern of attacks targeting
                                          civilian objects in breach of
                                          the international humanitarian
                                          principles, namely of
                                          distinction and
                                          proportionality. The Occupying
                                          Power is obliged to
                                          distinguish between civilian
                                          objects and military
                                          objectives and to direct their
                                          attack only against military
                                          objectives,1 and to employ
                                          means and methods of warfare
                                          that would not cause excessive
                                          damage to civilian lives or
                                          civilian objects in relation
                                          to the expected military
                                          advantage.2 Breach of such,
                                          may amount to several war
                                          crimes prosecutable under the
                                          International Criminal Court
                                          including intentionally
                                          “launching an attack in the
                                          knowledge that such attack
                                          will cause incidental loss of
                                          life or injury to civilians or
                                          damage to civilian objects …
                                          which would be clearly
                                          excessive in relation to the
                                          concrete and direct overall
                                          military advantage
                                          anticipated”.3</p>
                                        <p style="text-align:
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                                        <p style="text-align:
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                                          16px;line-height: 150%;">The
                                          loss of 33 Palestinian lives
                                          during the military offensive
                                          reflects Israel’s systematic
                                          use of excessive,
                                          disproportionate, and
                                          indiscriminate force against
                                          Palestinians. As the military
                                          offensive on the Gaza Strip
                                          was taking place, the IOF
                                          killed seven Palestinians in
                                          the West Bank, mainly in
                                          Jenin, Nablus and Tulkarem
                                          governorates, bringing the
                                          total number of killings in
                                          the Occupied Palestinian
                                          Territory during the five-day
                                          period between 9 and 13 May
                                          2023 to 40 Palestinians.</p>
                                        <p style="text-align:
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                                          16px;line-height: 150%;">Hours
                                          after the ceasefire was
                                          announced, the Israeli Prime
                                          Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu,
                                          celebrated the military
                                          offensive in a cabinet
                                          meeting, commending and <a
href="https://alhaq.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=10071401ba4201bc1a4992f68&id=66312b64bc&e=08c14cf485"
                                            target="_blank"
                                            style="mso-line-height-rule:
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                                            moz-do-not-send="true">thanking</a>
                                          the IOF and Israel’s Shin Bet
                                          for their “perfect execution”
                                          of the offensive, which he and
                                          the Israeli “Defense”
                                          Minister, Yoav Gallant,
                                          initiated to “surprise the
                                          terrorists in Gaza”. During
                                          the meeting, Netanyahu further
                                          boasted about “Israel’s status
                                          as an energy power”, recalling
                                          his recent meeting with the
                                          President of Cyprus, where
                                          they discussed upcoming
                                          projects aimed at
                                          “transferring gas from Israel
                                          to Europe via a gas
                                          liquefaction plant in Cyprus”.
                                          Netanyahu said, “Europe needs
                                          energy, it needs gas, and
                                          creating an easy and
                                          inexpensive gas supply from
                                          Israel and Europe will
                                          strengthen Israel’s position
                                          very much”. Indeed, dominating
                                          Palestinians in the Gaza
                                          Strip, within the context of
                                          Zionist settler-colonialism,
                                          apartheid, illegal occupation,
                                          and blockade, and denying them
                                          sovereignty over their natural
                                          resources, including their
                                          coastal resources, is
                                          essential to “launch Israel’s
                                          economy to new heights and
                                          strengthen Israel’s status as
                                          an important international
                                          energy provider” as Netanyahu
                                          stressed.</p>
                                        <p style="text-align:
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                                          16px;line-height: 150%;">The
                                          declaration of a ceasefire <a
href="https://alhaq.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=10071401ba4201bc1a4992f68&id=9633060c67&e=08c14cf485"
                                            target="_blank"
                                            style="mso-line-height-rule:
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                                            moz-do-not-send="true">does
                                            not bring an end</a> to
                                          Israel’s entrenched system of
                                          racial oppression, domination
                                          and dispossession. As the
                                          international community
                                          engages in expanding trade
                                          agreements, projects and <a
href="https://alhaq.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=10071401ba4201bc1a4992f68&id=7cac355ee3&e=08c14cf485"
                                            target="_blank"
                                            style="mso-line-height-rule:
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                                            moz-do-not-send="true">“dialogue”
                                          </a>forums with Israel, the
                                          Palestinian people will
                                          continue to suffer loss of
                                          life, and their rights will
                                          continue to be violated, while
                                          Israel’s impunity remains
                                          entrenched. As this May marks
                                          75 years of the Nakba and June
                                          will mark 16 years since the
                                          illegal blockade and closure,
                                          the Palestinian people
                                          continue to experience
                                          frustration and a lack of hope
                                          regarding the international
                                          community’s response. Rather
                                          than forging new agreements
                                          and fostering relationships
                                          with Israel, Third States must
                                          fulfil their legal and moral
                                          obligations, by implementing
                                          effective and meaningful
                                          countermeasures, including
                                          economic sanctions, arms
                                          embargoes, severing diplomatic
                                          ties, and ending trade with
                                          the colonial settlement
                                          enterprise.</p>
                                        <p style="text-align:
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                                          52, Additional Protocol I
                                          (1977); Rule 10, ICRC, “Study
                                          on Customary IHL”,</p>
                                        <p style="text-align:
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                                          14, ICRC, “IHL Database,
                                          Customary IHL”,</p>
                                        <p style="text-align:
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                                          8(2)(b)(iv), Rome Statute of
                                          the International Criminal
                                          Court.</p>
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                                                          <td
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                                                          <tr>
                                                          <td
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                                                          <table
                                                          style="border-collapse:
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                                                          <tr>
                                                          <td
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target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule:
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                                                          alt="Twitter"
style="display: block;border: 0;height: auto;outline:
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                                                          style="display:
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                                                          cellspacing="0"
cellpadding="0" border="0" align="left">
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                                                          <tr>
                                                          <td
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                                                          class="mcnFollowContentItemContainer"
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                                                          <tr>
                                                          <td
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style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust:
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                                                          width="24"
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                                                          <a
href="https://alhaq.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=10071401ba4201bc1a4992f68&id=cdb22412bb&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
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                                                          alt="Facebook"
style="display: block;border: 0;height: auto;outline:
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                                        <![endif]-->
                                                        <table
                                                          style="display:
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                                                          cellspacing="0"
cellpadding="0" border="0" align="left">
                                                          <tbody>
                                                          <tr>
                                                          <td
                                                          style="padding-right:
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                                                          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:
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                                                          width="100%"
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cellpadding="0" border="0">
                                                          <tbody>
                                                          <tr>
                                                          <td
                                                          style="padding-top:
5px;padding-right: 10px;padding-bottom: 5px;padding-left:
                                                          9px;mso-line-height-rule:
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                                                          valign="middle"
                                                          align="left">
                                                          <table
                                                          style="border-collapse:
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                                                          <tr>
                                                          <td
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style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust:
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                                                          width="24"
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href="https://alhaq.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=10071401ba4201bc1a4992f68&id=7b05007035&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-link-48.png"
                                                          alt="Website"
style="display: block;border: 0;height: auto;outline:
                                                          none;text-decoration:
none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;" class="" moz-do-not-send="true"
                                                          width="24"
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                                                          cellspacing="0"
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                                                          <tbody>
                                                          <tr>
                                                          <td
                                                          style="padding-right:
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                                                          style="border-collapse:
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                                                          <tr>
                                                          <td
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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=3c6c8ee3b7&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-instagram-48.png"
alt="Instagram" 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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                                                        <!--[if mso]>
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                                        <![endif]-->
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                                                          style="display:
inline;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace:
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                                                          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:
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                                                          width="100%"
                                                          cellspacing="0"
cellpadding="0" border="0">
                                                          <tbody>
                                                          <tr>
                                                          <td
                                                          style="padding-top:
5px;padding-right: 10px;padding-bottom: 5px;padding-left:
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                                                          valign="middle"
                                                          align="left">
                                                          <table
                                                          style="border-collapse:
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                                                          <tr>
                                                          <td
                                                          class="mcnFollowIconContent"
style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust:
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                                                          width="24"
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                                                          <a
href="https://alhaq.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=10071401ba4201bc1a4992f68&id=ebe58fcd9a&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"
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                          width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
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                          <tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter">
                            <tr>
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                                style="padding-top:
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                                  class="mcnTextContentContainer"
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                                  <tbody>
                                    <tr>
                                      <td class="mcnTextContent"
                                        style="padding-top:
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                                        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>
                                        <br>
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