.ON OCTOBER 24th Antu00f3nio Guterres (pictured), secretary-general of the UN, required an edge to the "impressive suffering" dued to Israel's blockade and bombing of the Gaza strip. Manies people had died in the anticipating 24 hours, and on Tuesday only 8 aid trucks had entered into the area. Such disorders, Mr Guterres said, amounted to "collective consequence of the Palestinian folks" for the bloody assault on Israel carried out on Oct 7th through Hamas, the militant team that runs Gaza. He declared there had actually been actually "clear transgressions" of international regulation in latest days: by Hamas, which is actually utilizing private citizens as individual defenses and also holding greater than 200 prisoners and through Israel, when it got the emptying of northern Gaza but continued to flop the south. Israel put down Mr Guterres's comments and also said he ought to surrender. However he is actually not alone in requiring an evaluated reaction. On Oct 22nd, a shared statement from the forerunners of six countries, consisting of The United States, urged Israel to adhere to "worldwide humanitarian legislation" (without implicating the country of having breached it). What limitations performs the legislation of armed dispute impose on belligerents?