{"id":106071,"date":"2024-02-26T13:04:19","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T13:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/airwars.org\/?post_type=news_and_analysis&p=106071"},"modified":"2024-02-26T13:06:35","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T13:06:35","slug":"two-weeks-under-scrutiny-patterns-of-harm-reported-in-gaza-following-icj-ruling","status":"publish","type":"news_and_analysis","link":"https:\/\/airwars.org\/news\/two-weeks-under-scrutiny-patterns-of-harm-reported-in-gaza-following-icj-ruling\/","title":{"rendered":"Two weeks under scrutiny: Patterns of harm reported in Gaza following ICJ ruling"},"content":{"rendered":"

On January 26th, the International Court of Justice ordered provisional measures<\/a> in a case brought by South Africa alleging that Israel was violating its obligations under the 1948 Genocide Convention in Gaza. Israel refuted the claim, stating it was taking all possible measures to protect civilians during its attempts to destroy the Palestinian militant group Hamas.<\/p>\n

The ICJ found that a plausible risk of genocide in the Gaza Strip exists and that Israel must take all measures within its power to prevent genocide, to prevent and punish incitement to genocide, make provision for access to humanitarian aid, ensure preservation of evidence related to South Africa\u2019s allegations, and must report back to the Court within a month about how it was complying with this order.<\/p>\n

However concerns have mounted over the destruction of evidence related to civilian harm claims given widespread attacks on healthcare facilities and the highly restrictive operating environment.<\/p>\n

To provide independent incident-based research to support investigations into civilian harm claims, Airwars’ research team carried out an expedited assessment process gathering and reviewing all civilian harm allegations in the first two weeks of the month-long period.<\/p>\n

Airwars research identified more than 200 alleged incidents of harm from January 27th 2024 to February 9th 2024, originating from more than 1,500 open source claims. These claims include local media outlets, testimonies from family members, and other witness testimonies posted online. Each incident was identified by corroborating at least five sources detailing the civilian harm event.<\/p>\n

There are likely to be other incidents that were not publicly reported upon, however this research intends to provide a starting point for further investigation.<\/p>\n

Among the claims, Airwars has identified attacks on journalists, on civilians while sheltering in displacement centres, on civilians waiting for humanitarian aid and on healthcare workers.<\/p>\n

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Airwars is still reviewing these cases through our rigorous casualty recording methodology<\/a>, which means that no overall fatality estimates will be produced at this time. However these incidents still reveal some key patterns of harm.<\/p>\n

Among the key trends were:<\/p>\n