EU condemns Hamas for using 'hospitals as human shields', urges Israeli restraint

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EU condemns Hamas for using 'hospitals as human shields', urges Israeli restraint
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If another country invades your country, certain parts of your own country are off limits to you i guess.

Yes… that’s literally what “war crimes” are, and Hamas and Israel are speed running to see who can commit more:

Which war law is being broken?

Using human shields is a war crime, holding civilians hostage is a war crime, perfidy is a war crime, using recognized medical organization’s infrastructure is a war crime (transporting military assets in an ambulance from Red Cross/Red Crescent is a major no no). On Israel’s side, targeting journalists is a war crime, and targeting civilian infrastructure is a war crime, civilian mass punishment is a war crime.

Article 51(7) of Protocol I:

The presence or movements of the civilian population or individual civilians shall not be used to render certain points or areas immune from military operations, in particular in attempts to shield military objectives from attacks or to shield, favour or impede military operations. The Parties to the conflict shall not direct the movement of the civilian population or individual civilians in order to attempt to shield military objectives from attacks or to shield military operations.

That one.

So obviously the answer is kill the civvies

Israel, to their credit, are taking steps to avoid civilian casualties, including leaflet drops, phone calls, and the infamous "roof knocking".

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If they had any sense they'd go for a one state solution with negotiation on how to create one set of laws for all and fix the shit they just blew up rather than keep bombing but hey man, people prefer to keep fighting just to save face

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