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Reexamining the Israel-Hamas War
(Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies-Bar-Ilan University) Prof. Danny Orbach et al. - This research covers the period from October 7, 2023, to June 1, 2025. It rigorously examines claims that Israel intentionally starved the Gazan population, that IDF ground forces deliberately massacred civilians, and that the Israeli Air Force (IAF) carried out indiscriminate bombings, failing to distinguish between combatants and civilians and conducting disproportionate strikes. We believe that any legal, moral, or political discussion must be grounded first and foremost in verified facts or credible assessments. If all high-intensity urban military conflicts in the future - despite significant efforts to protect civilian lives - are labeled as acts of genocide simply because of the immense human suffering they cause, the outcome will be fundamentally contrary to the objectives of International Humanitarian Law. In future crises, including those where deliberate, systematic efforts to annihilate a nation or group occur, the trivialization of genocide will serve as an excuse for future atrocities.