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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 16 points 8 months ago (2 children)

When you're in a hospital bed you are de facto refraining from any act of hostility. They aren't active combatants in a hospital room no matter how much the IDF would like you to believe that.

The additional factor is dressing as civilians, doctors, and women to accomplish the assassination which is a separate violation. It's called "perfidy", and as an aside, how AWESOME is that word.

https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/customary-ihl/v2/rule65?country=us#sectioni

"(4) One may commit an act of treachery or perfidy by, for example, feigning an intent to negotiate under a flag of truce or a surrender or feigning incapacitation by wounds or sickness or feigning a civilian, non-combatant status or feigning a protected status by the use of signs, emblems, or uniforms of the United Nations or a neutral State or a State not party to the conflict."

So, no, what Israel has done here is beyond the pale, completely unjustified, war crimes, and admitting to it with "buh, buh, they were terrorists" does NOT justify it.

[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 18 points 8 months ago (1 children)

There's no point arguing with that guy. His name has an Israeli flag emoji in the name, and it's pretty clear where his allegiances lay.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It is clear, and I know nothing I say will convince them.

What's important is making it clear that they're wrong and WHY they're wrong for anyone else stumbling across this conversation in the future.

My future peeps can see both sides of it and make up their own minds. :)

https://youtu.be/xuaHRN7UhRo#t=1m4s

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