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Israel Is Not Obligated to Allow Gazans to Return Home during War
(Israel Hayom) Ariel Kahana - According to a memo submitted Wednesday to Israel's political leadership by three legal experts - Dr. Raphael Bitton, Prof. Eugene Kontorovich, and Prof. Avi Bell - Israel has no legal obligation to allow Gaza residents to return to their homes in northern Gaza as long as the fighting continues. They noted that Israelis from border communities have not been allowed back home either. They concluded: "The IDF has no legal obligation to enable the return of the population to northern Gaza, and such a duty is unlikely to emerge in the coming months. The IDF has a vital military need justifying non-return of the population as long as fighting continues and as long as the goal of freeing the captives remains."