{"id":76915,"date":"2024-06-20T04:45:06","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T04:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/20\/is-hamas-bound-by-international-law-what-to-know\/"},"modified":"2024-06-20T04:45:06","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T04:45:06","slug":"is-hamas-bound-by-international-law-what-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/20\/is-hamas-bound-by-international-law-what-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Hamas Bound by International Law? What to Know."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Since the attacks of Oct. 7, every legal expert I have asked has shared one conclusion: Hamas\u2019s attacks on civilians that day, including killing, torture, and hostage-taking, were war crimes. And because many hostages are still being held, that crime remains ongoing.<\/p>\n

Tom Dannenbaum, a Tufts University professor, told me just days after the attack that there was \u201cno question\u201d Hamas\u2019s attack had involved multiple war crimes. \u201cThose are not close calls,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Since then, evidence has continued to mount. Last month, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court announced<\/a> that he was seeking warrants for the arrest of three Hamas leaders on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity relating to the Oct. 7 attack on Israel, as well as the hostage-taking<\/a> that followed. He also sought warrants for two Israeli officials. All of the subjects of the warrant requests have denied the accusations against them.<\/p>\n

Last week, a U.N. commission<\/a> concluded that there was credible evidence that members of Hamas and other armed Palestinian groups committed war crimes on Oct. 7, including by killing civilians, carrying out torture, and taking hostages. The commission also found evidence of Israeli war crimes, including the use of starvation of civilians as a weapon of war.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n