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Igel

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2. Not according to international law.
Thu Jun 19, 2025, 09:21 PM
Jun 19

There should be some evidence that the occupants have voided the building's protected status, some reason not just, "Maybe there is, maybe there isn't, anything's possible."

But if a hospital, school, or other civilian-use structure is being used for armed, military means, those who have converted it bear the liability for its changed status as a legit military target.

You like the Geneva Conventions, then you like the Geneva Conventions.

The best that Iran said was that they were aiming for a military target "nearby" and missed. That seems to preclude any claim the hospital was a legit military target, by the Iranians' own admission.

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