Prof. Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, U.N. Special Rapporteur on Counter Terrorism, Warns Not to Repeat Mistakes of 9/11 in the Gaza Strip 

Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, U.N. special rapporteur on protecting human rights while countering terrorism, told a U.N. news conference that when rules of international humanitarian law are breached, such as in the Hamas-Israel conflict, “we are also in the territory of war crimes.” She stressed that under the Geneva Conventions governing the conduct of war, it isn’t only Israel and Hamas that must respect international humanitarian law. Those “with influence” over the parties also have an obligation to ensure the rules of war are respected — and to remind the parties to comply.