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1. impossiblefork · 1790106526 · focus · HN ↗

   Personally I'm more interested in the justification for the second and third strikes.

   There needs to be some protection for first responders and others helping the injured.

   1. FireBeyond · 1790106866 · focus · HN ↗

      Israel likes to argue that Hamas embeds fighters with first responders, which even if so, they're still responding to injured. But Israel considers this not even collateral damage but justified.

      Mind you Israel is currently funding a lobbyist organization in the UK to flag Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) as a terrorist group (because many years ago a couple of people who had affiliations with other anti-Israel groups were found to be also affiliated with MSF).

      1. impossiblefork · 1790107351 · focus · HN ↗

         Yeah, I've heard about it, but presumable Americans soldiers still care about IHL at least to some degree, even though they've historically not bothered with the Geneva convention and have tortured people.

         1. jackb4040 · 1790177933 · focus · HN ↗

            If they do it's a mutinous impulse of the rank-and-file against the wishes of their superiors who want to merge the US and Israeli militaries.

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