Birdwatch Note Rating
2025-01-07 15:50:51 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 9BA4B6447DB8FCE79A307B30EE3C04157F37C67DD34D22866DCC616496E43C4C
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Original Note:
Hamas uses hospitals & other medical buildings as military facilities by storing weapons & combatants & firing at Israeli troops from those locations. Under Geneva Convention Article 19: The protection of hospitals ceases if they are used to commit acts harmful to the enemy. https://www.ohchr.org/en/instruments-mechanisms/instruments/geneva-convention-relative-protection-civilian-persons-time-war#:~:text=to%20such%20areas.-,Article%2018,the%20Parties%20to%20the%20conflict
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