Is Israel breaking the rules of war?

The Economist’s defence editor Shashank Joshi spoke to legal experts to find out whether Israel’s response to Hamas’s terrorist attack is lawful. 00:00 - Is Israel breaking the rules of war? 00:59 - Blockade 01:32 - Bombardment Sign up to The Economist’s daily newsletter: https://econ.st/3QAawvI Is Israel acting within the laws of war?: https://econ.st/3tzVBv7 Joe Biden steers a risky course after a Gaza hospital blast: https://econ.st/3ty6RIl Mapping Israel’s war in Gaza: https://econ.st/3M5xECv Hamas tunnels under Gaza will be a key battlefield for Israel: https://econ.st/490c8ZG To save Palestinian lives in Gaza, open the crossing into Egypt: https://econ.st/3M3PzJu A short history of Gaza: https://econ.st/408EJYR Israel faces the danger of fighting on a second front: https://econ.st/3twmikn Will Israel’s agony and retribution end in chaos or stability?: https://econ.st/48RGPQI Netanyahu wages war and fights for his own survival: https://econ.st/3Q0xDku Hamas’s attack was an Israeli intelligence failure on multiple fronts: https://econ.st/3Q9Rgrp Brutal urban warfare awaits Israel’s army in Gaza: https://econ.st/3tw0vJJ By Invitation: The crisis shows the failure of Israeli policy towards Palestinians, says Shlomo Brom: https://econ.st/3FhRzKl By Invitation: Nimrod Novik on the false premises and failure of vision that led to the Hamas attacks: https://econ.st/3LWaXAx 1843: “It’s an Anne Frank situation”: an Israeli professor hides from Hamas: https://econ.st/3RO3Qh9 Watch: Israel and the Palestinians: a century of conflict: https://econ.st/3ZS68hf Listen: With no electricity, limited internet and dwindling food supplies, what is life like in Gaza?: https://econ.st/3PRoaM9 Listen: An interview with a senior political leader of Hamas: https://econ.st/3rMPIua