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INT. LAW IN BRIEF
Extermination is the intentional and massive homicide of an entire group of persons. The international law of armed conflict specifically establishes that it is forbidden to attack civilians (GCIV Art. 32, API Art. 51.2, and APII Art. 13); to murder or exterminate the wounded or sick, the shipwrecked, prisoners of war, and civilians (GCI and GCII Art. 12, GCIII Art. 13, GCIV Art. 32, API Art. 10, and APII Art. 7); or to order that there shall be no survivors (API Art. 40).
The crime of extermination requires that:
- The perpetrator killed one or more persons, including by inflicting conditions of life calculated to bring about the destruction of part of a population;
- The conduct constituted, or took place as part of, a mass killing of members of a civilian population;
- The conduct was committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against a civilian population;
- The perpetrator knew that the conduct was part of or intended the conduct to be part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against a civilian population.
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THE GENERALS' PLAN
The Israeli generals' plan refers to a siege strategy proposed by former Israeli general Giora Eiland during the Israel–Hamas war. The plan, also known as the Eiland Plan, was published in a military forum critical of the army's efforts against Palestine. It contains the following goals:
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Changing the doctrine of war
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Moving from the concept of deterrence to the concept of decisiveness
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The introduction of more offensive officers to the General Staff, which runs the army
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A clear victory against the enemy in all sectors.
MERES found the plan in September 2024.
We are monitoring Northern Gaza where the plan has been rolled out since October 6, 2024. Collected video and photos are showing that the second goal turns out to be the use of brute force, starvation and banning all aid to cause a slow death until Hamas surrenders. The implementation of the plan shows clear hallmarks of crimes of extermination
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