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Israel launches preemptive strike against Iran, defense minister says
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- The strikes are clearly illegal, in that they are a breach of the UN Charter, which prohibits unilateral resort to force between states. Self-defence is the only possible exception to that prohibition that Israel and the US could rely on, but the requirements for lawful self-defence are not met.
- The Security Council did not authorise the 28 February strikes, leaving only the claim of self-defence for possible justification.
- There was no Iranian armed attack on US or Israeli territory immediately before the strikes of 28 February. Without such an attack, states must rely on anticipatory self-defence, which is, in the view of some states, lawful only when an attack is imminent
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