Collective punishment is also carried out against Israel’s civilians every time Hamas fires a Qassam or Katyusha rocket at Sderot or Ashkelon. Yes, Israel should open the passageways into Gaza but only so that it could trade an oil tanker or a food shipment for every ton of explosives, unfired Katyusha, or 100 RPGs turned over by Hamas for destruction. That would guarantee Gaza thousands of supply trucks.
See Gaza "Blackout" and the Laws of War by J. Peter Pham. "... Notwithstanding the outraged howls from the external enablers of Hamas, there is no basis in international humanitarian law for claiming any belligerent is obliged to supply energy to territory occupied by the enemy, conventional or otherwise."
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