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2024-01-31 05:15:29 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 22277A8141BB516ACDB70332E568F62D803DABD79C129A05D3AF1978CA500349
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The assassinated Hamas militants were directly involved in attacks against civilians. "International human rights law permits the use of lethal force outside of armed conflict situations if it is strictly and directly necessary to save human life. " https://www.hrw.org/news/2011/12/19/q-us-targeted-killings-and-international-law#2.%20What%20international%20law%20is%20applicable%20to%20targeted%20killings?:~:text=International%20human%20rights%20law%20permits%20the%20use%20of%20lethal%20force%20outside%20of%20armed%20conflict%20situations%20if%20it%20is%20strictly%20and%20directly%20necessary%20to%20save%20human%20life.%C2%A0 https://english.palinfo.com/news/2024/01/30/313590/#:~:text=The%20martyrs%20were%20identified%20as%20Mohamed%20Jalamneh%20(from%20al-Qassam%20Brigades%20of%20Hamas)%2C%20and%20the%20brothers%2C%20Mohamed%20and%20Basel%20al-Gazzawi.%20All%20of%20them%20were%20resistance%20fighters. https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/middle-east/palestinian-territories/1706591010-3-terrorists-eliminated-by-israeli-special-forces-inside-a-hospital-in-jenin-report
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