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2023-12-15 17:07:33 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: BCFC10EB0B6775DB4D2303F36DB0196121F6FFD3C3D23BFD31CD9EDC70BD315D
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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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