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2024-01-22 17:12:32 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 69B4F9403FD6A6D3E3B39C37CD604F6AF6E2B0BD86D6B43F8A88675FBD388647
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The post implies that Israel, like Russia, is targeting hospitals as a war crime. However, Hamas has been using hospitals to inflict terror, thus turning them into military targets according to international law. https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/customary-ihl/v1/rule28 https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-middle-east-67469779 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PR2w_wDf-DY https://www.terrorism-info.org.il/en/hamas-exploitation-of-hospitals-for-military-terrorist-purposes-shifa-hospital-as-a-test-case/
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