A LEGAL ASSESSMENT OF ISRAEL’S ATTACKS ON GAZA

Abstract

Since 1948, Israel has continued to violate human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories. Especially since 2006, it has been keeping hundreds of thousands of Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip under blockade. In reaction to this situation, on 7 October 2023, Palestinian resistance groups launched military attacks against Israel from the Gaza Strip. In response to this attack, the Israeli armed forces targeted the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. As a result of these attacks of the Israeli forces, 44 thousand people, mostly children and women, have been killed and more than a hundred thousand civilians have been injured. Since the first day, Israel has bombarded cities and towns continuously from the air, land and sea. Gaza in particular has been turned into an uninhabitable place. As a result of these attacks disregarding the rules of international humanitarian law, Israel has committed crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide. In this study, the crime of genocide, one of the crimes committed by Israel in Gaza, is analysed on the basis of the cases in international criminal courts and the case brought by the Republic of South Africa against Israel in the International Court of Justice.

Keywords

• Genocide
• Palestine
• Gaza
• war crimes
• crimes against humanity

İSRAİL’İN GAZZE’YE SALDIRILARINA İLİŞKİN HUKUKİ BİR DEĞERLENDİRME

Abstract

1948 yılından beri, İsrail işgal altında tuttuğu Filistin topraklarında insan hakları ihlallerini sürdürmektedir. Özelikle 2006 yılından bu yana Gazze Şeridi’nde yaşayan yüzbinlerce Filistinliyi abluka altında tutmaktadır. Bu duruma tepki olarak 7 Ekim 2023 günü Gazze Şeridi’nden İsrail’e yönelik Filistinli direniş grupları tarafından askeri saldırılar gerçekleştirildi. Bu saldırıya karşılık İsrail silahlı kuvvetleri Gazze Şeridi ve Batı Şeria’yı hedef aldı. İsrail güçlerinin bu saldırıları sonucu şimdiye kadar çoğunluğu çocuk ve kadınların oluşturduğu 44 bin kişi ölmüş ve yüz binden fazla sivil yaralanmıştır. İsrail ilk günden itibaren havadan, karadan ve denizden aralıksız olarak şehirleri ve kasabaları bombaladı. Özelikle Gazze yaşanılamaz bir yer haline getirildi. Uluslararası insancıl hukuk kurallarını hiçe sayan bu saldırılar sonucunda İsrail insanlığa karşı suçlar, savaş suçları ve soykırım suçunu işlemiştir. Bu çalışmamızda İsrail’in Gazze’de işlemekte olduğu suçlardan soykırım suçu uluslararası ceza mahkemelerinde görülen davalar ile Güney Afrika Cumhuriyetinin İsrail’e karşı Uluslararası Adalet Divanında açtığı dava esas alınarak incelenmektedir.

Keywords

• Soykırım
• Filistin
• Gazze
• savaş suçları
• insanlığa karşı suçlar

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