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JERUSALEM, May 30 (UPI) -- Israel's High Court of Justice Sunday ruled the army must defend not only Palestinians' lives, but also their dignity.
"In internalizing humanitarian laws, the duty of a military commander does not end in avoiding harming the Palestinian's lives," the court ruled. "He must also defend the ... local residents; dignity."
The Haaretz news service said the verdict was in response to a petition filed by the Association for Civil Rights in Israel and Physicians for Human Rights.
The petition was submitted while the army was operating in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. The litigants claimed Palestinian residents were denied access to water, electricity, medicine, and food, and could not evacuate wounded and dead citizens.
Supreme Court President Aharon Barak, who also heads the High Court of Justice, ruled a military commander must "do all he can to make sure that the bodies are brought to honorable burial according to local customs."
Barak said military commanders must have enough water and food for local residents, should they be needed.
Physicians for Human Rights wanted to send its members to help in Rafah's small, local, hospital. However, the court accepted the army's proposal that only foreign doctors be allowed to do so. Army officers said they feared for Israelis' lives.
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