Weapons as well as potentially trying to locate hostages taken by hamas. Weve seen jets dropping leaflets that instruct civilians to leave gaza. A warning is included therein that suggests it is for their safety coming with an attack. Leaflets airborne caught by our news cameras. Israel says it called on the u. N. To assist in an effort to get about roughly 1 million potential residents of gaza to leaved from north and go south. The u. N. For its part says it cannot meaningfully assist on that kind of timetable. Thousands of residents have been seen fleeing. Hamas has told people there they should ignore warnings, that by implication, they should stay put. The death toll is rising. 1,300 killed in israel. 3,300 wounded. Over 1,900 killed in gaza. Another 7,700 wounded. Some doctors and gaza warn of the deteriorating humanitarian situation and hospitals that only have days left of energy on their generators. The bombs keep falling, the patients keep flooding in. This is chaos. A confusi
won t stop. violent storms strike several states with hail and more. while much of the country broils in heat. reporter: i m shanelle kaul in new york city where we could soon see a break from these oppressive temperatures. also tonight, with the war in gaza grinding on, israel takes aim at u.s. support. reporter: i m in tel aviv where prime minister benjamin netanyahu has doubled down on accusations the biden administration is withholding weapons deliveries for israel. in another war zone, russia and ukraine trading attacks. presidential debate. the first face o24 now four days away. plus, price fight. fast food chains update menus after your complaints. reporter: i m kenny choi in los angeles with the appetizing new deals in the battle for your buck. and later, gone green. this popular old ride now powered by clean energy and we re on board. reporter: i m danya bacchus in napa valley, where the wine train is going green. announcer: this is the cbs weeke
Posted on March 17th, 2021
By shenali Waduge
The Mshinda Rajapakse government sought the legal opinion of Prof D M Crane and Sir Desmond de Silva on the legal issues pertaining to the use of human shields and hostage taking by the LTTE. Their legal opinion sheds to pieces the findings of the PoE and the OISL as well as the OHCHR Heads reports and their insistence on war crimes tribunals against Sri Lanka. It is a good wake up call for all parties to realize that the nonsense of dramatic propaganda must stop and that the UN & UNHRC are duty-bound to look at the legal aspects of a non-international armed conflict before concluding that war crimes have been committed by a sovereign state as is already seen by the biased statements coming out of the mouth of the OHCHR head and his reports.