it was mark weller, a professor of international law at the university of cambridge speaking with me earlier. israel's military operation is concentrated on gauze of city. it says from us, has made the densely populated city it's terrorist base, building a bass network of underground tunnels. to hide out in, but the operation is complicated by the hostages seized by her mos on october 7th is really authorities believe more than $240.00 people are still be held in gaza. it is really strikes, pound goes a israel says the next stage of it for and how mouse is underway. israel defense forces release this for to give it soldiers on the ground. in garza, they don't name specific locations. the ground troops are believed to be targeting the complex webb's of underground tunnels. situated strips gets go that integrates the city. that tunnel systems are going to be a real problem. and that big sleeve, you probably want to at least until they showed no hostages of that this is the number one, piracy, the is really minute tree could. and to drive home us milton south of the tunnels will blow th

mark weller is a professor of international law at the university of cambridge. i asked him what the rules of war say about israel's strikes on, gosh, it national or do you mind that any part you to conflict must apply, which is called the principle of distinction. you must always be able specifically to target the combatants of the other side and keeps safe as much as possible the civilians. what the un secretary general has just said is that on the face of age, israel has lost, let's say 30 or 40 overt service members in this conflict and on the other and 10000 civilians have died. the balance that should exist between protection of civilians and military gain seems to be out of hand in this instance. we know that is real as use the right to self defense to justify the attacks that we're seeing many western countries. i've also supported this. how far is the right of self defense applicable to the right of self defense applies? this is clear that the attack of the 7th of october launched by how mouse and titles is ro to respond even through the use of force. bu