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[–] 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

As far as international law goes no this is not a war crime.

If your military takes refuge or uses a civilian center for military operation then that location becomes a valid military target regardless of the risk to civilian lives.

Basically Hamas is commiting the crime by purposefully setting up in these areas. Once they do that then civilian death is acceptable collateral damage, legally speaking.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    What about bombing humanitarian aide locations or using white phosphorus as a weapon?

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Same thing applies to humanitarian aid.

    If Hamas has hijacked or is operating in those places then they become military targets.

    As far as white phosphorus, it depends on how it's deployed. If it's deployed for masking, tracing or identifying then it's legal.

    If it's being directly used as an incendiary then that's illegal.

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  • [–] -2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The point I'm making is both of those situations happened (good banks got bombed immediately after the convoy left and they have been using white phosphorus on people) and people are just looking the other way.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    The news media made the same claims against the US concerning white phosphorous and that was not true so my burden of proof concerning white phosphorous is so high it actually supports the opposing narrative without some damn good evidence.

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