Is international law to protect civilians ignored in Gaza's War? | Inside Story

Palestinians bombed by Israel - hundreds killed and thousands injured.

Gaza under siege, running out of supplies.

Hundreds of Israelis killed by Hamas fighters, abductions and communities pounded by rocket fire.

Do civilians have any protection under international law?

Presenter: Folly Bah Thibault

Geoffrey Nice - barrister, former prosecutor International Criminal Court.

Omar Shakir - Human Rights Watch Israel and Palestine Director, deported from Israel after 2021 report on Israeli war crimes against Palestinians.

Michael Lynk - Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Law, Western University; former UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territory from where he was barred by Israel.