The Economist’s defence editor Shashank Joshi spoke to legal experts to find out whether Israel’s response to Hamas’s terrorist attack is lawful.

00:00 - Is Israel breaking the rules of war?
00:59 - Blockade
01:32 - Bombardment

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Is Israel acting within the laws of war?: https://econ.st/3tzVBv7

Joe Biden steers a risky course after a Gaza hospital blast: https://econ.st/3ty6RIl

Mapping Israel’s war in Gaza: https://econ.st/3M5xECv

Hamas tunnels under Gaza will be a key battlefield for Israel: https://econ.st/490c8ZG

To save Palestinian lives in Gaza, open the crossing into Egypt: https://econ.st/3M3PzJu

A short history of Gaza: https://econ.st/408EJYR

Israel faces the danger of fighting on a second front: https://econ.st/3twmikn

Will Israel’s agony and retribution end in chaos or stability?: https://econ.st/48RGPQI

Netanyahu wages war and fights for his own survival: https://econ.st/3Q0xDku

Hamas’s attack was an Israeli intelligence failure on multiple fronts: https://econ.st/3Q9Rgrp

Brutal urban warfare awaits Israel’s army in Gaza: https://econ.st/3tw0vJJ

By Invitation: The crisis shows the failure of Israeli policy towards Palestinians, says Shlomo Brom: https://econ.st/3FhRzKl

By Invitation: Nimrod Novik on the false premises and failure of vision that led to the Hamas attacks: https://econ.st/3LWaXAx

1843: “It’s an Anne Frank situation”: an Israeli professor hides from Hamas: https://econ.st/3RO3Qh9

Watch: Israel and the Palestinians: a century of conflict: https://econ.st/3ZS68hf

Listen: With no electricity, limited internet and dwindling food supplies, what is life like in Gaza?: https://econ.st/3PRoaM9

Listen: An interview with a senior political leader of Hamas: https://econ.st/3rMPIua