In the aftermath of Israeli strikes on the outskirts of Beirut, Sept. 28, 2024. (Credit: Mohammad Yassine/L'Orient-Le Jour)
Since Oct. 7, 2023, and the start of the Gaza war, Israel has been singled out for its disproportionate use of force, prompting the United Nations to use the term "domicide" to describe systematic or widespread attacks on civilian homes and infrastructure. This strategy, which consists of rendering a territory totally uninhabitable, constitutes a war crime, and when directed against a civilian population, a crime against humanity, according to U.N. Special Reporter Balakrishnan Rajagopa.Israel's response to the Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023, has already claimed more than 41,000 lives in the Gaza Strip. Faced with the indiscriminate and disproportionate use of force against the population of the Palestinian enclave, analysts were quick to invoke the "Dahiyeh doctrine," as applied by the Israeli army in this conflict. At the same time,...
Since Oct. 7, 2023, and the start of the Gaza war, Israel has been singled out for its disproportionate use of force, prompting the United Nations to use the term "domicide" to describe systematic or widespread attacks on civilian homes and infrastructure. This strategy, which consists of rendering a territory totally uninhabitable, constitutes a war crime, and when directed against a civilian population, a crime against humanity, according to U.N. Special Reporter Balakrishnan Rajagopa.Israel's response to the Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023, has already claimed more than 41,000 lives in the Gaza Strip. Faced with the indiscriminate and disproportionate use of force against the population of the Palestinian enclave, analysts were quick to invoke the "Dahiyeh doctrine," as applied by the Israeli army in this conflict. At the same time,...