“Israel has the right to defend itself.”

This statement has been emphatically reiterated by world leaders globally after Hamas’s surprise attack on Israel on October 7. In the aftermath of the attack, Israel began its ferocious bombardment of Palestine’s besieged Gaza, killing thousands and rendering the majority of the enclave inhabitable.

With the excessive number of civilian casualties growing each day, legal experts are coming forward to debunk the claim that Israel’s measures of “self-defence” are within the confines of international law.