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Is Israeli bombing of Gaza a violation of international laws?

Deprived of electricity, running out medicine, the territory’s hospitals are unable to treat the wounded - 5,339 people at the last count [Ashraf Amra/Anadolu via Getty Images]

International rights experts are raising the alarm over the indiscriminate nature of the Israeli military offensive in Gaza that has killed 1,100 Palestinians and destroyed schools and hospitals while the besieged enclave remains under a blockade.

Activists say the Israeli government’s decision to cut power, water and fuel supply to the enclave amounts to collective punishment of its entire population of 2.3 million people and violates international laws.

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