Research Article

AN ANALYSIS OF ISRAEL'S ATTACKS ON PALESTINE (7 OCTOBER 2023- 7 OCTOBER 2024): IS A JUST WAR POSSIBLE?

Volume: 15 Number: 29 May 30, 2025
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AN ANALYSIS OF ISRAEL'S ATTACKS ON PALESTINE (7 OCTOBER 2023- 7 OCTOBER 2024): IS A JUST WAR POSSIBLE?

Abstract

Historically and politically the issue between Israel and Palestine has manifested itself from time to time as conflict and sometimes as war. The ongoing unresolved conflict between the two sides led to the war that finally broke out in October 2023. The Israeli side declared a war against the attack from Hamas. This study analyzes the Israeli-Palestinian War through the jus ad bello and jus in bellum criteria of just war theory. Jus ad bellum is based on the cause of the outbreak of war. Accordingly, when a state is under armed attack, it can resort to self-defense. However, self-defense must be aimed at the establishment of justice and the force used in war must be proportionate to self-defense. The second principle is jus in bello. Jus in bello is based on the distinction between civilians and combatants during war and the proportionate use of force. This study examines Israel's attacks on Palestine in the one-year period from October 7, 2023 to October 7, 2024 in terms of just cause, proportionality, civilian deaths and injuries, destruction of civilian areas and the appropriateness of the weapons used, and discusses whether Israel's war was justified or not.

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Primary Language

English

Subjects

International Politics

Journal Section

Research Article

Early Pub Date

May 30, 2025

Publication Date

May 30, 2025

Submission Date

December 31, 2024

Acceptance Date

May 8, 2025

Published in Issue

Year 2025 Volume: 15 Number: 29

APA
Kaya, C. (2025). AN ANALYSIS OF ISRAEL’S ATTACKS ON PALESTINE (7 OCTOBER 2023- 7 OCTOBER 2024): IS A JUST WAR POSSIBLE? Dicle Üniversitesi İktisadi Ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi, 15(29), 427-445. https://doi.org/10.53092/duiibfd.1610860
AMA
1.Kaya C. AN ANALYSIS OF ISRAEL’S ATTACKS ON PALESTINE (7 OCTOBER 2023- 7 OCTOBER 2024): IS A JUST WAR POSSIBLE? Dicle Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi. 2025;15(29):427-445. doi:10.53092/duiibfd.1610860
Chicago
Kaya, Cansu. 2025. “AN ANALYSIS OF ISRAEL’S ATTACKS ON PALESTINE (7 OCTOBER 2023- 7 OCTOBER 2024): IS A JUST WAR POSSIBLE?”. Dicle Üniversitesi İktisadi Ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi 15 (29): 427-45. https://doi.org/10.53092/duiibfd.1610860.
EndNote
Kaya C (May 1, 2025) AN ANALYSIS OF ISRAEL’S ATTACKS ON PALESTINE (7 OCTOBER 2023- 7 OCTOBER 2024): IS A JUST WAR POSSIBLE? Dicle Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi 15 29 427–445.
IEEE
[1]C. Kaya, “AN ANALYSIS OF ISRAEL’S ATTACKS ON PALESTINE (7 OCTOBER 2023- 7 OCTOBER 2024): IS A JUST WAR POSSIBLE?”, Dicle Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi, vol. 15, no. 29, pp. 427–445, May 2025, doi: 10.53092/duiibfd.1610860.
ISNAD
Kaya, Cansu. “AN ANALYSIS OF ISRAEL’S ATTACKS ON PALESTINE (7 OCTOBER 2023- 7 OCTOBER 2024): IS A JUST WAR POSSIBLE?”. Dicle Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi 15/29 (May 1, 2025): 427-445. https://doi.org/10.53092/duiibfd.1610860.
JAMA
1.Kaya C. AN ANALYSIS OF ISRAEL’S ATTACKS ON PALESTINE (7 OCTOBER 2023- 7 OCTOBER 2024): IS A JUST WAR POSSIBLE? Dicle Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi. 2025;15:427–445.
MLA
Kaya, Cansu. “AN ANALYSIS OF ISRAEL’S ATTACKS ON PALESTINE (7 OCTOBER 2023- 7 OCTOBER 2024): IS A JUST WAR POSSIBLE?”. Dicle Üniversitesi İktisadi Ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi, vol. 15, no. 29, May 2025, pp. 427-45, doi:10.53092/duiibfd.1610860.
Vancouver
1.Cansu Kaya. AN ANALYSIS OF ISRAEL’S ATTACKS ON PALESTINE (7 OCTOBER 2023- 7 OCTOBER 2024): IS A JUST WAR POSSIBLE? Dicle Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi. 2025 May 1;15(29):427-45. doi:10.53092/duiibfd.1610860

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