| Israel's attack on Gaza is legal under international law Position1 #9065 Israel's attack on Gaza is legal under international law. |
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- CitationsAdd new citationList by: CiterankMapLink[1] Did Israel Use "Disproportionate Force" in Gaza?
Author: Dore Gold
Publication info: 28 December 2008
Cited by: David Price 11:59 AM 5 January 2009 GMT
Citerank: (6) 9071Israel under sustained rocket attack from GazaSince 2001 over 4,000 rockets, and many more mortar shells, have been fired by Hamas and other organisations into the Israeli population centers in southern Israel.1198CE71, 9072Rocket attacks increased after Israel withdrew from GazaRocket attacks increased by 500 percent (from 179 in 2005 to 946 in 2006) after Israel withdrew completely from the Gaza Strip in August 2005.1198CE71, 9073215 rockets fired at Israel during supposed six-month lullDuring the supposed informal six-month lull (tahadiya), 215 rockets were launched at Israel.1198CE71, 9075Grad/Katyusha missiles threaten AshkelonGrad/Katyusha missiles, with a 20.4-kilometer-range, were used for the first time by Hamas on March 28, 2006, making the Israeli city of Ashkelon vulnerable to attack (and the total number of Israelis under threat from 200,000 to 500,000.1198CE71, 9076Israel not required to calibrate the weapons used preciselyInternational law does not require Israel to calibrate its use of force precisely according to the size and range of the weaponry used against it.1198CE71, 10178In international law, purpose matters more than death tollThe purpose of the use of force matters more than the number of people killed—if the the target has significant military value then, so long as an attempt has been made to minimize civilian damage, an attack that kills many can still fall within the international legal concept of proportionality.13EF597B
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