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Palestinian lawyer accuses Israel of genocidal targeting of women
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Palestinian lawyer Ahmad Ibsais has argued that Israeli military operations disproportionately targeting women constitute genocide, a classification he says international law overlooks, according to Al Jazeera English. Ibsais contends that the pattern of attacks amounts to systematic harm against a protected group under the Geneva Conventions.
The assertion reflects broader Palestinian arguments about the nature of Israeli operations in Gaza and the West Bank. International legal frameworks typically define genocide as intent to destroy a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group, though interpretations of how targeting patterns meet this threshold remain contested among legal experts and international bodies.
