Starvation in Gaza likely key to UK legal advice on war crimes
Accusations that Israel is committing war crimes mostly centre on failure to protect civilians or meet their basic needs• UK government lawyers say Israel is breaking international law – leaked recordingIsrael has faced questions about whether its war on Hamas inside Gaza broke international law ever since the first few days of the campaign, when it cut off all food, water and fuel shipments to the enclave.As the scale of death, destruction and human suffering escalated, concerns hardened into warnings that Israel risked committing war crimes, including from key allies. In January, the UK foreign secretary, David Cameron, said he was “worried” Israel may have breached international law. Continue reading...

Accusations that Israel is committing war crimes mostly centre on failure to protect civilians or meet their basic needs
• UK government lawyers say Israel is breaking international law – leaked recording
Israel has faced questions about whether its war on Hamas inside Gaza broke international law ever since the first few days of the campaign, when it cut off all food, water and fuel shipments to the enclave.
As the scale of death, destruction and human suffering escalated, concerns hardened into warnings that Israel risked committing war crimes, including from key allies. In January, the UK foreign secretary, David Cameron, said he was “worried” Israel may have breached international law. Continue reading...