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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
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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.