Hospitals have been caught in the crossfire during the Israel-Hamas war — both literally and in the clashing narratives of the conflict.

JERUSALEM (AP) — The head of surgery at Gaza’s largest and most advanced hospital held up his phone Saturday to the hammering of gunfire and artillery shelling. “Listen,” said Dr. Marwan Abu Sada as fighting raged around Shifa Hospital.

    • @[email protected]
      32•6 months ago

      Can you please reread what you just said? You’re saying it’s okay to kill children and innocent people in order to kill someone else you actually want to kill?

        • @theluckyone
          9•6 months ago

          " Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you."

          Friedrich Nietzsche

        • @[email protected]
          6•6 months ago

          Not yours. Israel isn’t doing a thing in Qatar.

          You’re either a liar or you believe in obvious lies.

      • @Argonne
        -25•6 months ago

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        • @SasquatchBanana
          31•6 months ago

          Hamas isn’t forcing Israel to commit war crimes.

            • @jimbo
              8•4 months ago

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            • @[email protected]
              5•6 months ago

              Could you cite that law for me? Because last I checked there is no such law forcing Isreal to shoot back, school or otherwise.

              Intentionally bombing civilians is a war crime. I don’t care how many of your “intended targets” you think you’re getting. If you are bombing civilian centers, like, oh let’s say a hospital for instance, then you are a war criminal, Full stop. There is nothing forcing Isreal to do that.

        • @spirinolas
          15•6 months ago

          So, if Hamas hid in a Israeli hospital would it be justifiable to bomb it?

        • @jimbo
          10•4 months ago

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          • @[email protected]
            -2•6 months ago

            Yeah I guess they can just do nothing and die from the bombs and missiles that Hamas is firing from their civil headquarters

            • @jimbo
              3•4 months ago

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            • 𝕽𝖔𝖔𝖙𝖎𝖊𝖘𝖙English
              3•6 months ago

              If you read the article it outlines what international law says:

              Even if Israel succeeds in proving Shifa conceals a Hamas command center, the tenets of international law remain in place, said Jessica Wolfendale, expert in military ethics at Case Western Reserve University in Ohio.

              “It doesn’t license an instant attack,” she said. “Steps need to be taken to protect the innocent as much as possible.”

              If the harm to civilians is disproportionate to the military objective, the attack is illegal under international law.

              They need to not only provide proof beforehand but also take steps to mitigate innocent death and injury.

              • @FakinUpCountryDegen
                -2•6 months ago

                That’s not true, however.

                The Geneva convention is extremely clear that any civilian structure used as cover for military operations is fair game. It’s not even up for debate.

    • @Madison420
      26•6 months ago

      You really think using human shields is really a good excuse to bomb hospitals. “they’re using hostages! Quick teach those hostages a goddamn guided 2000lb lesson!”

        • @Madison420
          4•6 months ago

          Look hamas killing “millions” is unlikely given they haven’t topped 5000.

          Coolio. So lemme grab your kids take them hostage and you can tell me again that murdering me and your children is the only solution to hostage situation.

    • @[email protected]
      21•6 months ago

      There is clear evidence that at least some hospitals were alleged to be Hamas operation centers but in fact were not. But even if they were operation centers, would you still think it’s justified? How many Hamas members are worth how many “accidental” deaths of hospital staff and patients? Who would even dream of making such a formula? It’s sick.

      The issue at hand is about hospitals being destroyed, not about the Israel-Palestine conflict on the whole. Please save your “no side is right” language for an issue where that actually applies.

    • @SasquatchBanana
      12•6 months ago

      Would you say the same thing is the US was the one shelling hospitals?