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Today Israel has got word of a secret meeting between the three topmost Hamas leaders, including the sheik Ahmed Yassin, spiritual leader and founder of Hamas.
Intelligence warned that the building is not empty of civilians, and furthermore there are many civilians in the sorrounding area, and a large bomb could possibly kill at least several civilaisn.
After fast paced negociations between the chief of staff, and minister of defense, it was decided to use smaller missiles with weaker charges, to hit the Hamas leaders distictly, and avoid any civilian casualties.
When the missiles hit, the Hamas leadership happenned to be in the stairsroom and were all merely slightly wounded.
As a result - no one was killed at all, and no innocent civilians suffered. However, all 3 topmost leaders are alive, bruised and angry.
First, I hope this will mark the last time anyone, ever opens his mouth at Israel, claiming that the IDF uses disproportionate power in the attaks on Hamas leaders.
Second, I wish to ask what you all think and what you have done in this case.
Israel risked killing no one of it's 3 utter topmost targets, in order to possibly save several palestinian lives.
This even though, according to the Geneva conventions AFAIK, the presense of militants in hiding in civilian areas, does not hinder the rights of a persuing army to target them. AFAIK the Geneva convention blames all civilian casulaties on the side whose militants are taking cover among civilian population (in this case - the Palestinians).
Intelligence warned that the building is not empty of civilians, and furthermore there are many civilians in the sorrounding area, and a large bomb could possibly kill at least several civilaisn.
After fast paced negociations between the chief of staff, and minister of defense, it was decided to use smaller missiles with weaker charges, to hit the Hamas leaders distictly, and avoid any civilian casualties.
When the missiles hit, the Hamas leadership happenned to be in the stairsroom and were all merely slightly wounded.
As a result - no one was killed at all, and no innocent civilians suffered. However, all 3 topmost leaders are alive, bruised and angry.
First, I hope this will mark the last time anyone, ever opens his mouth at Israel, claiming that the IDF uses disproportionate power in the attaks on Hamas leaders.
Second, I wish to ask what you all think and what you have done in this case.
Israel risked killing no one of it's 3 utter topmost targets, in order to possibly save several palestinian lives.
This even though, according to the Geneva conventions AFAIK, the presense of militants in hiding in civilian areas, does not hinder the rights of a persuing army to target them. AFAIK the Geneva convention blames all civilian casulaties on the side whose militants are taking cover among civilian population (in this case - the Palestinians).
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