Edit: Replaced with Reuters link (Israel National News has a “mixed” factual reporting rating similar to Al Jazeera).

    • DoomBot5@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I meant the term war crime that you keep referring to everything as. Those civilians are being used as human shields by Hamas. There is no question there.

      • ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        I’m not referring to everything as a war crime. Here’s a list of war crimes as defined by the UN: https://www.un.org/en/genocideprevention/war-crimes.shtml

        Hamas committed war crimes by killing civilians, taking hostages, and using human shields. I’ve seen rumors they used sexual violence as a weapon too.

        Israel’s use of collective punishment, destroying civilian infrastructure, and cutting off food and water are also war crimes. Israel is probably violating the proportionality standard. (It definitely has in the past.)