The US military in Gaza could face joint responsibility for assisting Israeli forces who commit war crimes, Human Rights Watch reported Tuesday. The US military could also be individually implicated for the crimes, according to the rights group.

“The direct US participation in military operations with Israeli forces means that as a matter of international law, the United States has been and currently is a party to the armed conflict in Gaza,” said Sarah Yager , Washington director at Human Rights Watch.

Under international humanitarian law, the conflict between Israel and Palestine in Gaza is classified as a non-international armed conflict. Article 3 of the Geneva Convention states that for a conflict of a non-international armed conflict, that “violence to life and person, in par

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