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2023-12-05 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

IDF officials: 15,000 likely killed in Gaza since start of war, 5,000 of them are Hamas

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Posted by trailing wife 2023-12-05 2023-12-05 01:51|| || Front Page|| [20 views ] Top
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#1 It is prohibited to seize or to use the presence of persons protected by the Geneva Conventions as human shields to render military sites immune from enemy attacks or to prevent reprisals during an offensive (GCIV Arts. 28, 49; API Art. 51.7; APII Art. 5.2.c). It is hence prohibited to direct the movement of protected persons in order to attempt to shield military objectives or operations. Many categories of persons are specifically protected by humanitarian law, such as civilians, the wounded and sick, prisoners of war, and medical personnel.

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2023-12-05 02:33|| 2023-12-05 02:33|| Front Page Top

#2 Saddam did the same

Posted by Frank G 2023-12-05 10:39|| 2023-12-05 10:39|| Front Page Top

#3 Grom, Hamas did not sign the Geneva Conventions. Thus they think they are not bound by them.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2023-12-05 11:56|| 2023-12-05 11:56|| Front Page Top

#4 Thus they think they are not bound by them.

Therefore, also, they are not entitled to the "protections" of the conventions, either...

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-12-05 12:07|| 2023-12-05 12:07|| Front Page Top

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