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2024-04-04 10:16:19 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 19BBBAD07729CF9632AF5E948C2C3911B3941EC0308C714F109D03B978A7B617
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Hospitals being used for military purposes can be legitimate war targets. It is a war crime to use them for protection/storage in a military capacity. https://www.icrc.org/en/document/protection-hospitals-during-armed-conflicts-what-law-says#:~:text=Medical%20establishments%20and%20units%20enjoy,their%20specific%20protection%20is%20removed. Journalists in Gaza are frequently Hamas operatives too. https://www.terrorism-info.org.il/en/more-than-half-of-the-palestinian-journalists-killed-in-the-gaza-strip-during-operation-iron-swords-were-affiliated-with-terrorist-organizations/ https://www.timesofisrael.com/wounded-al-jazeera-reporter-in-gaza-an-alleged-hamas-operative-flown-to-qatar/amp/ Mistakes happen in war, Israel owned it's mistake. US doesn't https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/nation/punishments-but-no-criminal-charges-in-u-s-attack-on-hospital
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