I love how they make it conversational by phrasing it like an everyday question like "Aren't blueberries berries?"

Aren't hospitals protected under the rules of war?

Any hospital in a conflict is protected by the rules of war - they shall not be the target of an attack.

But in some circumstances, hospitals can lose that protective status if they're being used to "commit, outside their humanitarian function... acts harmful to the enermy", according to Protocol 1 of the Geneva Conventions.

Israel has said that is the case with Gaza's largest hospital, Al-Shifa- a claim disputed by Hamas and hospital authorities.

But there are several hurdles that still remain - as the BBC's Analysis editor Ros Atkins explains.

Video

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Edit

I thought I created a typo somehow. Nope - "enermy" is all theirs.

  • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
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    7 months ago

    "That was a school"

    My fear is now that Israel has attacked a hospital - any building is fair game for attack by them. Even a school housing 100s of families. They'll just say "There were tunnels..." and maybe produce some half-assed "evidence". Most western media outlets will say "We cannot confirm assertions by the IDF..." but that's filler text by the outlet and they'll be playing along with the IDF.