The Israelis are likely to argue that the high death toll, especially among civilians, is just part of this war and “collateral damage”.
They are also going to say that they do what they can to protect civilians, like dropping leaflets to tell them to go to areas that are, quote, ‘safe zones’.
But they have continuously bombarded areas that they have told displaced Palestinians to go to.
That’s not all, the rhetoric that has come from Israeli officials at the highest levels, like the Israeli prime minister, and the Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, who in the very early days of this war said that there is going to be a total siege on Gaza: No water, no electricity, no aid, no medical supplies. So that the people [in Gaza] will suffer.
There is a shift in tone from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – his comments are coincidentally on the eve of when Israel is to be at The Hague where South Africa is going to present their evidence as to why Israel is committing genocide.
There has been a shift in tone – like the Israelis are not going to occupy Gaza, the Israelis are not going to forcibly displace Palestinians from Gaza – in the hopes of, perhaps, helping their case at the ICJ.
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