Israel at war

John_Jacob

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John_Jacob

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Under international law it's not that cut and dry. The rules of war still require a proportional proportionality analysis unless it's self-defense, but for it to be self-defense attacks have to be originating from the hospital or anticipated to originate from the hospital at the time the strike is initiated.

Your enemy is allowed to be at hospitals. They can be there tending to wounded, the can be there being tended to as wounded, they can be there visiting family, they can be there just hanging out. Even if it was a Hamas-only military field hospital, there are still parts of Geneva, Hague and Rome that apply protecting it. All hospitals are protected targets. Bring a protected target doesn't mean you can't attack them ever, but it means there are very strict conditions on when you can and "there are enemy there" is not sufficient. Certainly "there are probably some enemy there" isn't sufficient.
I love it when 'experts' don't provide references for their 'opinions'. The reasons are obvious.

Particularly, "They can be there tending to wounded, the can be there being tended to as wounded, they can be there visiting family, they can be there just hanging out"

"for example if a hospital is being used as a base from which to launch an attack, as a weapons depot, or to hide healthy soldiers/fighters." Because, you know, armed soldiers are 'just hanging out'. :ROFLMAO:


I wonder if I should next research "if medical personnel or combat medics are allowed to be armed"....nah, too easy. Fish in a barrel.
 
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