![The UN and Proportionality: In War, Shoot First and Ask No Questions](https://www.jurist.org/commentary/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/06/gaza_1719431402.jpg)
In early June, Israel carried out a daring rescue, freeing four hostages who had been taken and held for eight months by Hamas and, in flagrant violation of international law, embedding the hostages within families in housing full of civilians, including many children—also a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law and the laws of war. All major news [...]