[29] “16 Facts about Operation Cast Lead”, Bayabasha, Ground Forces Magazine, No. 29; October 2014 (available at http://mazi.idf.il/6216-he/IGF.aspx), p. 47 (in Hebrew).
[30] Action on Armed Violence, “Under fire: Israel’s artillery policies scrutinised”, December 2014, p. 14.
[31] See also OCHA Policy, “Protecting civilians from the use of explosive weapons in populated areas”.
[32] Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, IDF Conduct of Operations (see footnote 17), p. 49.
[33] Action on Armed Violence, “Under fire” (see footnote 32), p. 12.
[34] NRG News, Senior officer Yohai Ofer “Shuja’iya is under control, we have damaged an entire Hamas network”; 23 July 2014, available at www.nrg.co.il/online/1/ART2/599/869.html (in Hebrew).
[35] Protocol I, art. 51, para. 4.
[36] International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, Prosecutor v. Galic, case No. IT-98-29-T, judgement, 5 December 2003, para. 57.
[38] International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, Prosecutor v. Galic (see footnote 38), para. 57.
[40] UNITAR, Impact of the 2014 Conflict in the Gaza Strip (see footnote 20), p. 8.
[41] Regulations annexed to the Hague Convention IV of 1907, art. 23; Fourth Geneva Convention, art. 53.
[42] Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, IDF Conduct of Operations (see footnote 17), pp. 30–37.
[44] OCHA Gaza Emergency Situation Report (see footnote 8), p. 2.
[45] Bayabasha, Ground Forces Magazine, October 2014, No. 29, p. 62 (unofficial translation).
[46] Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, IDF Conduct of Operations (see footnote 17), p. 13.
[47] Breaking the Silence, “This is how we fought in Gaza”, May 2015 (available at www.breakingthesilence.org.il/pdf/ProtectiveEdge.pdf), p. 18.
[48] Protocol I, art. 51, para. 3, and art. 57.
[49] Breaking the Silence, “This is how we fought in Gaza” (see footnote 49).
[50] Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, IDF Conduct of Operations (see footnote 17), p. 44.
[51] Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs (see footnote 5), “Hamas’ Violations of the Law”.
[52] Protocol I, art. 51, para. 7.
[53] Statement by Hamas spokesperson Mushir al-Masri, 16 July 2014, available at www.youtube.com/watch?v=ks_nlgjfPWM (in Arabic).
[54] Amnesty International, “Strangling necks”: Abductions, torture and summary killings of Palestinians by Hamas forces during the 2014 Gaza/Israel conflict”, 26 May 2015 (available at www.amnesty.org/en/documents/mde21/1643/2015/en/).
[55] See news reports (in Arabic) available at http://tinyurl.com/psv72pw, http://www.ahdath.info/?p=11335, http://tinyurl.com/ms2z7lk and http://tinyurl.com/ots3rqd.
[56] See also Military Court Watch, “Statistics – Palestinian ‘security’ prisoners in Israeli detention”.
[57] B’Tselem, “Israel holding more than 470 Palestinians in administrative detention – highest number in 5 years”, 7 October 2014.
[58] See also testimonies collected by Military Court Watch available at http://is.gd/yJmFA3.
[59] See B’Tselem, “Hebron District and its 680,000 residents under third day of closure: increasing reports of property damage in arrest raids”, 17 June 2014; and OCHA, Monthly Report, June – August 2014, available at www.ochaopt.org/documents/ocha_opt_the_humanitarian_monitor_ 2014_10_03_english.pdf.
[60] See B’Tselem, “Hebron District and its 680,000 residents under third day of closure” (see footnote 61).
[61] OCHA, Monthly Report, June – August 2014 (see footnote 61).
[62] Submission from Al-Dameer Association for Human Rights, Al Haq, Al Mezan, Center for Human Rights and the Palestinian Center for Human Rights. See B’Tselem, “Palestinians killed by Israeli security forces in the West Bank, after operation Cast Lead”, 2015.