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2024-10-14 19:41:49 UTC - HELPFUL
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A journalist on the scene reported that the bombing caused gas cylinders, housing oxygen for patients, to explode. Not ammunition. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/10/14/israel-lebanon-war-news-gaza-hezbollah-hamas/#link-F3U3VZRPO5FG3GK5R2GASUWH2U Directly targeting healthcare facilities and refugee camps, such as Al-Aqsa Hospital, is a war crime. (Art. 12 and 18, II Convention) https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/Treaty.xsp?documentId=2F5AA9B07AB61934C12563CD002D6B25&action=openDocument
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