The ruling reiterated prior decisions stating that the legal principle of “belligerent occupation” does not apply to the situation in Gaza, where Israel does not govern and Hamas terrorists still exercise authority. “The true factual picture we were exposed to differs from the one the petitioners sought to present,” wrote Noam Sohlberg, one of the justices of the court. The IDF’s “mobilization to bring humanitarian aid into Gaza, amid intense military activity, is unparalleled among the armies of the world,” he added.
“Alongside managing the war effort, senior IDF officials were engaged in coordinating logistical and security needs in order to allow the regular transfer of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip—on a large scale, in a vast and extensive manner,” Sohlberg wrote. The justice David Mintz stated that the government and the IDF “went above and beyond what was required to allow the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza, even taking the risk that the transferred aid might fall into the hands of the Hamas terror organization and be used against Israel.” (Read More)
