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2024-02-22 14:31:01 UTC - HELPFUL
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For context the governing party of Gaza, Hamas, has held hostages in these hospitals¹, used them as bases²³ and weapons storage⁴. An equally important question would be why does a government, in defiance of ihl, subject civilians to these conditions. ¹ https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/17/middleeast/freed-israeli-hostage-says-held-in-gaza-hospital-intl/index.html&ved=2ahUKEwjmisiZ_76EAxXYUUEAHbViCo0QFnoECBsQAQ&usg=AOvVaw1kJdTZagnfJtttVNV0x9I1 ² https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2014/07/22/in-the-fight-between-israel-and-hamas-gazas-hospitals-are-in-the-middle/ ³ https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2023/10/30/10-things-to-know-about-hamas-and-hospitals/ ⁴ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12833009/amp/Israel-finds-one-largest-weapons-caches-discovered-Gaza-near-school-hospital.html&ved=2ahUKEwiz2caLgL-EAxWkVkEAHUpdBqYQFnoECA4QBQ&usg=AOvVaw3mtWrr1YpazZydq4-C1ImJ
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