Israel keeps pounding central Gaza as Palestinian death toll in hostage rescue raid rises to 274
Israel keeps pounding central Gaza as Palestinian death toll in hostage rescue raid rises to 274
Israel keeps pounding central Gaza as Palestinian death toll in hostage rescue raid rises to 274
And they forgot the entire perfidy war crime: https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/report-special-forces-posed-as-displaced-gazans-moving-into-building-where-hostage-held/
Just like when they raided a hospital dressed as medical personal.
Ugh how long is their war crimes list at this point?
The "beautiful" thing about perfidy is that it's a particularly well defined war crime and it's relatively easy to prove in the era of cameras everywhere.
This was a ruse of war, which is entirely permitted:
https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/customary-ihl/v2/rule57
What isn't permitted is fighting in civilian clothes, but if you read the article, there is nothing indicating that they did. It is entirely legal to move about and set up an attack in civilian clothes, provided they are discarded immediately before striking.
The article says:
From the link you posted, it seems this would still be a war crime if it's true, unless I'm misinterpreting the text:
I assume the aid truck they were using would qualify as an "auxiliary vessel", and they were using it to impersonate "medical transport".