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An Israeli air strike has hit al-Ahli hospital in Gaza City where thousands of civilians are seeking medical treatment and shelter from relentless attacks.
Gaza health ministry says at least 500 casualties in hospital blast. A UN-run school housing refugees also struck.
The attack comes a day before US President Joe Biden visits Israel, where he is expected to stress American support for the country.
A planned summit with President Biden in Jordan has been cancelled, the Jordanian government says.
Some 3,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza since Hamas’s October 7 attack inside Israel, which has killed more than 1,400.
That is not an excuse to hit the civilians, even if it were true.
The reason they do it is they KNOW it affords them protection because of the way Israel operates.
Now imagine the situation reversed. Hamas wouldn’t believe their luck.
Edit: I also just remembered that according to US ROEs, a hospital can become a valid target if it is sheltering combatants who are actively attacking.
I have no idea what Israel’s rules are but I think the above is a morally defensible position.
Judging by what they shout on the street, their rules are “kill them all” and “death to all Palestinians”. Oh, and “this is my house now”.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_disengagement_from_Gaza
Just learned about this during the recent conflict. Are they still on/in Palestinian land?
Kind of a loaded question; no matter the answer someone will get pissed off. Israel keeps getting bigger, Palestine gets smaller. Those settlements in particular? Probably not.
It is literally an excuse because it makes it no longer a war crime to hit those facilities
Legality != Morality
“Just following orders” is also immoral, also not an excuse for murder.