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In practical terms, as sad as it is, that means that acts of war can be horrifying without necessarily being illegal. “International humanitarian law often looks to us quite permissive if we think about violence in moral terms,” said Janina Dill, co-director of the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law, and Armed Conflict.

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The UN has said that Israel may be breaking international law through collective punishment in its siege on Gaza

Photograph: Reuters Have war crimes been committed in Israel and Gaza and what international laws apply?

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All parties involved in the conflict are governed by a body of law drawn from a system of conventions, treaties and war crimes tribunal rulings known as “ international humanitarian law ” (IHL) or the “law of armed conflict”