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2024-09-19 12:15:28 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: BB11D061C0104525CE7399276D757B27F7E19723DE308D9B9B97A016056ABC89
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Original Note:
The term War Crime: misleading & false Targeting only Hezbollah operatives by detonating communication devices used only by them [https://x.com/mohadisrael/status/1836269059182334082?s=46&t=DfsOt_3dtjfuAvJdZm2a6g -by their own admission] causing mostly injuries isn't indiscriminate nor considered a war crime See international law articles 7 & 80 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/18/pager-and-walkie-talkie-attacks-on-hezbollah-were-audacious-and-carefully-planned https://edition.cnn.com/2024/09/18/middleeast/lebanon-explosions-intl/index.html https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/new-details-in-hezbollah-pager-attack-point-to-supply-chain-breach-by-israel-8cd76a60 https://repository.law.umich.edu/mjil/vol39/iss2/4/ https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/ihl-treaties/ccw-amended-protocol-ii-1996/article-7#:~:text=they%20are%20placed%20on%20or%20in%20the%20close%20vicinity%20of%20a%20military%20objective https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/customary-ihl/v1/rule80#:~:text=are%20likely%20to%20attract%20civilians
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