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originally posted by: Lazy88
How is striking at Rafah holding battalions of enemy combatants ...
originally posted by: KrustyKrab
Not sure how it’s illegal displacement when they’re living in a area with military encampments/compounds with four battalion’s of Military combatants amongst them. Whose fault is that? That would be Hamas for not only holding four battalions in rafah among civilians but also launching missles out of Rafah. You seriously think Israel has to just watch all of that go down and do nothing about it to protect their citizens and country?
Answer me that.
So yeah please make it make sense without the personal feelz this time.
The Israeli military’s “evacuation orders” are unlawful and amount to forcible transfer, a grave violation of international humanitarian law (IHL). Israel has ordered hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to flee, without providing civilians and humanitarian actors clear information nor timeframe.
IHL sets clear conditions for an evacuation to be lawful: the occupying power must ensure that these displacements are temporary and that displaced persons are provided with satisfactory conditions of hygiene, health, safety and nutrition, and members of the same family must not be separated. Israeli authorities have failed to meet any of these requirements. Already burdened by multiple displacements, people in Rafah are yet again being ordered to flee amidst destroyed infrastructure and streets contaminated by unexploded ordinances.
Displaced individuals are seeking refuge in the Middle Area, Khan Younis and Al Mawasi despite high levels of destruction and lack all necessities to sustain life. The concept of “humanitarian safe zones” is void as areas previously designated as such have been targeted by bombing and ground operations. While the relentless bombardment persists in Rafah, airstrikes and ground assaults are escalating in the North, leading to additional forcible displacement in the enclave.
The Israeli military ground invasion of Rafah is disrupting the humanitarian response, in breach of the UN Security Council resolutions 2720 and2728 as well as the International Court of Justice’s provisional measures ordering Israel to enable the provision of basic services and humanitarian assistance. As a result of Israel’s military activity in the northern governorates in previous months, humanitarian actors have been forced to relocate a significant portion of aid capacities in Rafah, including premises and warehouses. The Israeli offensive is now already forcing part of humanitarian staff and operations to close or to relocate again to other areas under extremely dangerous circumstances. Warehouses containing direly needed lifesaving aid in eastern Rafah remain inaccessible due to the presence of Israeli forces. Medical facilities in Rafah are shutting down one after another
www.amnesty.org...
originally posted by: KrustyKrab
Not sure how it’s illegal displacement when they’re living in a area with military encampments/compounds with four battalion’s of Military combatants amongst them. Whose fault is that? That would be Hamas for not only holding four battalions in rafah among civilians but also launching missles out of Rafah. You seriously think Israel has to just watch all of that go down and do nothing about it to protect their citizens and country?
Answer me that.
originally posted by: gortex
a reply to: KrustyKrab
So yeah please make it make sense without the personal feelz this time.
The only thing that makes sense to you Crusty Is Israel being allowed to act with impunity , sadly the International community have so far allowed that but Israel's actions , planned or committed , are losing them support Bigly.
What they are planning is illegal under International law , you can bluster all you want it won't change that fact.
The Israeli military’s “evacuation orders” are unlawful and amount to forcible transfer, a grave violation of international humanitarian law (IHL). Israel has ordered hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to flee, without providing civilians and humanitarian actors clear information nor timeframe.
IHL sets clear conditions for an evacuation to be lawful: the occupying power must ensure that these displacements are temporary and that displaced persons are provided with satisfactory conditions of hygiene, health, safety and nutrition, and members of the same family must not be separated. Israeli authorities have failed to meet any of these requirements. Already burdened by multiple displacements, people in Rafah are yet again being ordered to flee amidst destroyed infrastructure and streets contaminated by unexploded ordinances.
Displaced individuals are seeking refuge in the Middle Area, Khan Younis and Al Mawasi despite high levels of destruction and lack all necessities to sustain life. The concept of “humanitarian safe zones” is void as areas previously designated as such have been targeted by bombing and ground operations. While the relentless bombardment persists in Rafah, airstrikes and ground assaults are escalating in the North, leading to additional forcible displacement in the enclave.
The Israeli military ground invasion of Rafah is disrupting the humanitarian response, in breach of the UN Security Council resolutions 2720 and2728 as well as the International Court of Justice’s provisional measures ordering Israel to enable the provision of basic services and humanitarian assistance. As a result of Israel’s military activity in the northern governorates in previous months, humanitarian actors have been forced to relocate a significant portion of aid capacities in Rafah, including premises and warehouses. The Israeli offensive is now already forcing part of humanitarian staff and operations to close or to relocate again to other areas under extremely dangerous circumstances. Warehouses containing direly needed lifesaving aid in eastern Rafah remain inaccessible due to the presence of Israeli forces. Medical facilities in Rafah are shutting down one after another
www.amnesty.org...
originally posted by: Lazy88
originally posted by: gortex
a reply to: KrustyKrab
Displacement of a population is a war crime
Giving warning to civilians that a legitimate military target is going to be hit and to evacuate because the enemy is using human shields is now a war crime for the people giving the warning?
As Israeli forces grind through Gaza in what the International Court of Justice defines as a “plausible” case of genocide, my family’s history of philanthropy runs into my familiarity with war crimes. When Israel bombs and shoots civilians, blocks food aid, attacks hospitals, and cuts off water supplies, I remember the same outrages in Bosnia. When people in a Gaza flour line were attacked, I thought of the Sarajevans killed waiting in line for bread and the perpetrators who in each case insisted the victims were slaughtered by their own side.
originally posted by: Dercones
a reply to: Lazy88
You too forget that it's Palestine which is under occupation and not Israel.
originally posted by: Lazy88
originally posted by: Dercones
a reply to: Lazy88
You too forget that it's Palestine which is under occupation and not Israel.
And it wouldn’t be “occupied” if Hamas would have accepted a two state solution. Or if Hamas would stop trying to wipe Israel off the map.
Now. We have a very timely example.
Rafah is being used to house 4 battalions of Hamas militants and launch rockets into Gaza. Israel gave ample warning that it would attack legitimate militant targets where Rafah is being used as a military base in a war started by Hamas that broke a cease fire.
How do you fight an enemy that embeds its militants and munitions in a civilian city cowering behind civilians.
originally posted by: Dercones
You don't fight and you don't drop bombs in heavily populated areas.
originally posted by: Lazy88
originally posted by: Dercones
You don't fight and you don't drop bombs in heavily populated areas.
You don’t cower 4 battalions of militants in an active war in heavily populated areas and use those areas to launch rockets indiscriminately at Israeli civilians. This is on Hamas.
originally posted by: Dercones
originally posted by: Lazy88
originally posted by: Dercones
You don't fight and you don't drop bombs in heavily populated areas.
You don’t cower 4 battalions of militants in an active war in heavily populated areas and use those areas to launch rockets indiscriminately at Israeli civilians. This is on Hamas.
That's what Zionists will claim.
The ICC and ICJ have very different opinions to yours and other Israeli supporters
originally posted by: FlyersFan
UPDATE
Latest ...
The pier cost Americans $230,000,000.
It lasted less than three weeks.
The aid that came in on it was rejected by the supposedly 'starving' Palestinians.
It was immediately attacked by Palestinians.
It sank in the ocean.
It was towed to Israel for 'repairs' that never happened.
It is now officially 'retired' and being dismantled.
.... ALL so that Joe Biden could pander for Muslim votes in Michigan.