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Hospitals have special protection under the rules of war. Why are they in the crosshairs in Gaza? (apnews.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Nobody@lemmy.world to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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JERUSALEM (AP) — The head of surgery at Gaza’s largest and most advanced hospital held up his phone Saturday to the hammering of gunfire and artillery shelling. “Listen,” said Dr. Marwan Abu Sada as fighting raged around Shifa Hospital.

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[-] MuuuaadDib@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

Crazy thought, why don't we just not bomb hospitals? Anyone?

Or how to make people hate you more than Hamas, a book by the IDF.

[-] Tavarin@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

And if rockets and other weapons really are being fired from hospitals? What do you do then?

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[-] nautilus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago

Why are hospitals in Gaza under Israel’s crosshairs? Why? Is it truly that difficult to step back and think for a moment about why Israel would want to erase the current populace entirely?

Amazing, what a mystery

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[-] cloud@lazysoci.al 5 points 1 year ago

Rules apply only to peasants

[-] jray4559@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 year ago

Because someone decided it was such a funny idea to use these places to launch missiles at their enemies.

Fucking godawful people Hamas are, ruining the lives of 2 million people and assuring untold suffering for probably generations. The sooner those fucks are gone, the better.

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