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Source: https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-886872
IDF International Lawyers Guided Forces during Gaza War
(Jerusalem Post) Yonah Jeremy Bob - IDF commanders received operational legal advice throughout the Gaza war over the last two years from three dozen full-time IDF International Law Department (ILD) lawyers, together with 100 reservist legal advisers stationed with the IDF high command, at IDF regional headquarters, and near the front lines at division headquarters. ILD lawyers were in position at headquarters and in the field by 11:30 a.m. on Oct. 7. No one had ever fought a war with an enemy so deeply entrenched in their civilian population, and who so systematically abused international law, as the IDF faced with Hamas, a senior IDF legal official said. The ILD had to deal with mass arrests, mass detention, and large-scale rules for interacting with the Gazan civilian population in real time and unpredictable situations. It also advised the government regarding humanitarian obligations to Gazan civilians post-evacuation.