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Is Israel breaking the rules of war?

The laws of engagement are complicated—proportionality is crucial

The forcefulness of Israel’s response in Gaza to Hamas’s terrorist attack on October 7th has prompted criticism and protest. The Economist’s defence editor Shashank Joshi spoke to legal experts to unpack the intense debates around criminality in a war zone.

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