Schools, mosques, ambulances, private property, and other normally protected structures lose their protected status if they are being used by the enemy in any way. However, hospitals require advance warning before they can be destroyed which is why the Hamas leadership was hiding out in their basements.
White phosphorus is not banned by the Chemical Weapons Ban Treaty, but its use is restricted to areas where not too many civilians are likely to be. Most smoke rounds fired by the IDF artillery contained very little WP as an igniter for another chemical which produced the smoke.
A blockade during a period of armed conflict does not violate International Humanitarian Law provided that essential humanitarian aid is not blocked or unduly delayed depending on the military situation.
"A crime against peace"? Do you call 80 rockets/day before the invasion "peace"? And you claim that the invasion was not legally justified? Go back to your ivory tower, professor, you don`t have a clue. |
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