Israel ‘hit squad’ kill 3 Palestinians in West Bank Hospital

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https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2024/1/30/israel-troops-kill-three-palestinians-in-west-bank-hospital-ministry

@Parkingt111 Yes, I saw he said they would control Gaza in the same way as the West Bank. He mentioned this hospital killing as an example of the military freedom of operation they could have in Gaza, (from Guardian.) I suppose this may be to reassure the public that nothing like Oct 7th would happen again. I remember the US was ruling out military occupation, so will be interesting to see what happens from their end.

There are plenty of murderers, rapists, child abusers that I would love to see disposed of in this way BUT we have laws to ensure it doesn't become a free for all and to ensure people's rights are protected which includes right to a fair trial. Dressing up and imitating medical staff to carry out an execution in a hospital ward is wrong on so many levels and has now set a very dangerous precedent. People complain that the terrorists don't follow any laws, no they don't that's why they are called terrorists! When a countries own defence force resort to terrorist tactics the lines are becoming dangerously blurred. Is it back to the wild west? An eye for an eye a tooth for a tooth? Netanyahu is continuing to put Israeli lives at risk with these kind of tactics.

I wish I could be comfortable with supporting terrorists but I can't seem to do that

I don't see them as just bad people 🤷🏻‍♀️

Did you miss the 'will be found accountable' bit?

You need to read some of the witness statements and autopsy reports of the Hamas atrocities committed on innocent women and children including babies. That’s the reason for this. Mosad and the IDF will continue until they are satisfied the threat of further acts of brutality is secured. And what about all the hostages the Palestinian terrorists have abducted, including children.

Hamas are the Einsatzgruppen, and there is only one way to deal with them. History has taught the Jewish people that. This time they’re not going to fight back.

The suggestion to use precision and targeted hits has always been in the context of doing it while following the international laws of armed conflict. A precision or targeted hit is not automatically legal in all contexts.

What happened in the hospital was a war crime. It was not a legal targeted hit. It is as illegal as using phosphorus shells in an urban area.

There are not just illegal weapons, there are also illegal uses of legal weapons and tactics.

Did Hamas follow the laws of international armed conflict ?.

@hogmanayhoolie you're completely missing the point. Not sure anyone here supports terrorists but we support a proper rule of law which is imperative to keep us all safe. If the lawmakers don't stick to the rules of law they are putting everyone at risk

No that's why they are considered a terrorist organisation

And in what parallel universe has the Israeli army been held to account for ANY of its war crimes?

Bit difficult when said terrorists are hiding in homes schools and hospitals.

And that is what they are being treated as.

They haven’t always.

But the law makes it clear that your enemy not following the law is no excuse to not follow the law yourself. It is not a mitigating factor. It is not a get out of jail free card that allows you to break the laws too.

This goes both ways.

Normally we would see a state conducting the war more lawfully than the non state terrorists. I can’t say I have seen that at all.

Lying in a hospital bed as an injured patient, partially paralysed is not hiding in a hospital. 🙄

International law forbids combatants going into a hospital to kill injured enemy combatants receiving treatment.

Thats why the military field hospitals have big red crosses or crescents on them because they are not a target. They cannot be raided, attacked, or besieged.

No, it’s a new unprecedented, completely illegal low.

And it's made headlines across the world so everyone can see the moral army in action

I don't share your certainty that no one is supporting terrorists

Some posters think they are "bad people...but"

I am disgusted by the terrorists, for their goals, their actions, their greed and how they treat their own

I just don't think Israel should have to beat terrorists with one arm tied behind their back

The fewer terrorists stealing aid and hiding in schools and hospitals, the fewer deaths all round

I genuinely don't care about how and where they are offed and am also genuinely disgusted at all the crying over these poor men "assassinated in cold blood"

Absolutely that's how we want all evil murdering scum to be treated but it's illegal! There are plenty of examples from other countries where terrorists, injured after carrying out their terrorist attack, are treated in hospitals under armed guard and tight security and arrested and charged once deemed fit by medical staff. But not the IDF the most moral army in the world and Israel the only democracy in the middle east, they've got other ideas

Yes, OK @hogmanayhoolie But it's the process that raises questions. Maybe these men did terrible things, and maybe they deserved it. But if execution without trial is normalised, how do you know they will always get the right people? Mistakes happen, that's why democracies have rigorous legal systems, for the sake of checks and balances.

100% Guildford four/ Birmingham six innocent men imprisoned for terrorism and years later proved innocent thank god they weren't executed

Hamas committed the most appalling atrocities on innocent people but you seem to some how wave that away and bizarrely quote some sort of rule book at the very people who were brutally attacked and abducted. It doesn’t work like that. The Israelis are going wait until it happens again , they are going to fight back.

Thing is the US does similar, they also carry out targeted stikes and drone strikes. Would you allay that Bin Laden was unlawfully executed, for instance? Should he have been arrested and brought to trial instead?

That's fine but I would prefer to live in society that follows the rule of law. I would feel a lot safer.

Does hospitals, as protected places according to international law mean nothing now? How are the continuous attacks on health care infrastructure being justified? That's what really irks me
Hospitals have a protected status for a reason, yet we are seeing attacks on health care workers, and buildings almost daily in Gaza. Is this now going to be the norm for the occupied territories too?

I guess different people have different views on what is “disgusting”.

dressing up in a hijab and barging into a place of healing - in an illegally occupied area- to blow out someone’s brains while they lie unarmed and defenseless fits the description pretty well in my view.