“Israel has continued with its onslaught against Rafah, which is crowded with displaced civilians, in defiance of the order by the International Court of Justice to stop the attack.”—- The International Court of Justice and the UN ordered the “immediate and unconditional release of all Israeli hostages” five months ago. Hamas ignored them, without any consequences, except for what Israel can mete out .
Article 147 of the 1949 Geneva Convention IV identifies hostage-taking as a “grave breach”, a status that imposes obligations to provide effective penal sanctions for the offense and to search for and prosecute