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<blockquote data-quote="wing2000" data-source="post: 77445296" data-attributes="member: 314005"><p>As I wrote in a prior thread:</p><p></p><p>"To destroy Hamas, Isreal is aiming to destroy the underground tunnel network that covers the <u>entirety</u> of Gaza. Given how extensive the network is and Hamas' propensity to locate their high value military targets near mosque, hospitals etc, Israel is faced with the challenge of how to destroy the tunnels while minimizing human life. It also appears Israel has no inention of sending it's troops <em>into </em>the tunnels given the high risk factor. In the case of the Jabaliya neighborhood, at least two 2,000-pound bombs were used in a densely populated area. The human toll from such a decion would be obvious to the Israeli government.</p><p></p><p>Israel state's it was targetting a high level Hamas commander as well as tunnel infrastrcure.</p><p></p><p>Is killing so many civilians justfified? I'm not convinced it is.</p><p></p><p>Once more, given the situation, we'll see many more Jabaliya like bombings in the days and weeks ahead. Thousands of civilians will die as a result."</p><p></p><p><em>The <a href="https://www.chathamhouse.org/sites/default/files/publications/research/2018-12-10-proportionality-conduct-hostilities-incidental-harm-gillard-final.pdf" target="_blank">law of armed conflict</a> says the incidental killing of and harm to civilians and damage to objects must not exceed the direct military advantage to be gained. The Geneva Conventions, the widely accepted basis for international humanitarian law and codes of warfare, were adopted in 1949 with the aim of preventing governments from inflicting the level of mass casualties of World War II.</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wing2000, post: 77445296, member: 314005"] As I wrote in a prior thread: "To destroy Hamas, Isreal is aiming to destroy the underground tunnel network that covers the [U]entirety[/U] of Gaza. Given how extensive the network is and Hamas' propensity to locate their high value military targets near mosque, hospitals etc, Israel is faced with the challenge of how to destroy the tunnels while minimizing human life. It also appears Israel has no inention of sending it's troops [I]into [/I]the tunnels given the high risk factor. In the case of the Jabaliya neighborhood, at least two 2,000-pound bombs were used in a densely populated area. The human toll from such a decion would be obvious to the Israeli government. Israel state's it was targetting a high level Hamas commander as well as tunnel infrastrcure. Is killing so many civilians justfified? I'm not convinced it is. Once more, given the situation, we'll see many more Jabaliya like bombings in the days and weeks ahead. Thousands of civilians will die as a result." [I]The [URL='https://www.chathamhouse.org/sites/default/files/publications/research/2018-12-10-proportionality-conduct-hostilities-incidental-harm-gillard-final.pdf']law of armed conflict[/URL] says the incidental killing of and harm to civilians and damage to objects must not exceed the direct military advantage to be gained. The Geneva Conventions, the widely accepted basis for international humanitarian law and codes of warfare, were adopted in 1949 with the aim of preventing governments from inflicting the level of mass casualties of World War II.[/I] [/QUOTE]
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