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SvennoJ on 08 May 2024
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US confirms report on Israel compliance with laws of war will be delayed

The State Department says it will miss a “self-imposed deadline” for a report to Congress on whether Israel is complying with international humanitarian law, which is due today.

In February, the Biden administration issued a memorandum, dubbed NSM-20, requiring credible, written assurances from the recipients of American weapons that the arms are not being used in rights violations.  The report, which will be submitted to Congress, would assess if the Israeli assurances are credible.

State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said there will be a “brief delay” in submitting the report without setting a new deadline for it.

Rights advocates say apparent Israeli violations of international humanitarian law run the gamut: accusations of targeting civilians, torture, extrajudicial executions, indiscriminate bombing and disproportionate attacks.

International humanitarian law is a set of rules meant to protect non-combatants in armed conflict. It consists of the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and subsequent international treaties aimed at limiting civilian suffering during war.

I guess the report was too damning, got to change it first

‘No to Rafah’: Protesters take to the streets of Tel Aviv

Video shared online show hundreds of Israelis calling on the government to secure a deal to bring home the captives held in Gaza by Hamas and other groups. Family members of those taken were also among the demonstrators, the footage shows.



Translation: The families of the abductees and hundreds of supporters are marching from the Bima Square to Kariya demanding: No to Rafah – yes to the kidnappers.

 

‘We need fuel in Gaza now’: UNICEF

Catherine Russell, executive director of the UN’s agency for children, has renewed calls for reopening the Rafah crossing with Egypt to allow fuel into Gaza.

“Without fuel, water stops, hospitals can’t function, and medicine and food cannot move. The population is already at risk of famine,” Russell said in a social media post. “We need fuel in Gaza now.”