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US state department officials have identified nearly 500 potential incidents of civilian harm during Israel’s military operations in Gaza involving US-furnished weapons, but have not taken further action on any of them, according to three sources, including a US official familiar with the matter.

The incidents – some of which may have violated international humanitarian law, according to the sources – have been recorded since 7 October 2023, when the Gaza war started. They are being collected by the state department’s Civilian Harm Incident Response Guidance (CHIRG), a formal mechanism for tracking and assessing any reported misuse of US-origin weapons.

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The mechanism, which was established in August 2023 to be applied to all countries that receive US arms, has three stages: incident analysis, policy impact assessment and coordinated department action.

None of the Gaza cases had yet reached the third stage of action, said a former US official familiar with the matter.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 hours ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I read that more as "at least 500."

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

I mean the article says "nearly 500" so definitely not at least 500. Not yet anyway. But give it time, I'm sure Israel can pump those numbers up.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 hours ago

I just meant that there are around 500 confirmed cases. There are probably many that have yet to be confirmed and others where it'll never be possible to confirm. So ~500 is the floor not the ceiling.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

There's a limit to what they can ignore or sweep under the rug. 500 is a super lowball number.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago

There's a limit to what they can ignore or sweep under the rug.

I think the past 13 months have proven that this is a lie.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 11 hours ago

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