Catherine Herridge contributed to this report.

While Israel bears primary responsibility to avoid excessive civilian deaths in its bombardment of Gaza.both collectively and individually.

and Israel uphold such standards.then the recent outbreak of hostilities between Hamas and Israel would trigger the entirety of laws of war.This is a banned method of warfare under customary and conventional IHL.

which derive from general practices accepted as law.killing and taking civilians as hostages are acts of terrorism in warfare and qualify as war crimes.

it will be extremely difficult for the Israelis to avoid substantial civilian casualties even when using precision weapons.

also known as International Humanitarian Law or IHL.he documented the asylum seekers at the U.

His work focuses on state-sponsored violence and the communities impacted by it.2-year CollegeJackson Tammariello is a Los Angeles-based journalism student and recent graduate of Santa Monica College.

He was also a contributor for AfroLA.which shared stories about seeking asylum as a person of color.