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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told representatives of the hostages’ families and bereaved families …at a meeting, that the IDF will enter Rafah, with or without a deal [with Hamas].
Haaretz, 30 April 2024.
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Gonzalo Lira, a Chilean-American war commentator known for his critical views on Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky and the Russia-Ukraine war, passed away on 11 January 2024 in a hospital in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Lira’s death followed an eight-month imprisonment in Ukraine on charges of ”justifying Russia’s military actions in Ukraine”. He was detained by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) in May 2023. He was very ill while in prison and was not given the medical attention required. While Elon Musk and other prominent personalities and journalists called for his release, the Biden Administration remained silent. His death, after months of torture and imprisonment, sparked international controversy, raising questions about violations of international law, freedom of speech and human rights violations under Zelensky.
Journalists in war zones, like civilians, are protected under international humanitarian law. Detaining, torturing and killing journalists in times of war is a war crime under the Rome Statute of the ICC.
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