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In reply to the discussion: I am sick of the slaughter in Gaza [View all]snot
(10,815 posts)there've actually been any Hamas fighters hiding out in all the hospitals and other protected facilities it's bombed; and per international law, (1) the burden of proving that a protected facility is harboring fighters is on the one who would attack the facility, (2) if there's any doubt that such a facility is harboring fighters, the attacker must assume that it isn't, (3) the attack must be proportionate, meaning that while it may seek to neutralize enemy fighters, it may not gratuitously bomb the entire hospital or other facility to the ground, and (4) any military operation around or within such facilities must take all feasible precautions to minimize harm to patients, medical staff, and other civilians, including effective warnings and a reasonable opportunity for patients et al. to be evacuated.