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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

No, that is a hoax. International law revolves around proportionality and civilian security, explicitly protecting civilian medical facilities and their medical personnel. They are not invalidated according to the crimes of the other side.

In fact, this would still be a war crime even if there was a nuclear silo under the hospital. You might wish it was, but that’s not what the law says.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Reference Geneva IV, Article 19.

Civilian hospitals can lose their protection if the sites are used for "acts harmful to the enemy."

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

this isn't a war.

and laws don't dictate morality.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Especially when one side seems to consider anyone not them the enemy

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

"Losing protection" refers to the total overprotection granted by the above article, do not pretend that this grants carte blanche. The rest of international humanitarian law and other laws still apply, including the rest of the geneva convention.

That same article establishes clear limits of proportionality which they did not comply with, and even if they had complied they have violated so many others (have you read the news?). This attack is flagrantly illegal, and is one of the most moderate they have had against hospitals.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Which law are we talking about?