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2024-01-23 21:32:29 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 666873F47855455A1069E5302270D6363D7EF178F0ACA7EE1C51C745BEDF79AA
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Mining and demolishing buildings is legally justified when “such destruction or seizure be imperatively demanded by the necessities of war” https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/customary-ihl/v1/rule50 IDF claimed the buildings were used by Hamas and constituted potential threat to Israeli civilian Kissufim community 600 meters away https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-deadliest-incident-of-gaza-combat-21-soldiers-killed-as-buildings-collapse-in-blast/
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