Israel is not only innovative with drones and tanks, it’s also a major generator of war-related law. A week after Israel tried to kill Hamas General Mohammed Deif and ended up killing both his wife and son, Attorney Daniel Reyzner, International law expert former head of the IDF’s international law department, outlines the rules by which it decides to kill a terrorist outside the state.

 

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Photo: Mourners chant angry slogans during the funeral of Widad Mustafa Deif, 27, who was killed along with her 8-month-old son Ali Mohammed Deif in Israeli strikes in Gaza City late Tuesday, during their funeral in Jabaliya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014. Widad was the wife of Mohammed Deif, the leader of the Hamas military wing. Photo by Emad Nassar/Flash90