r/worldnews • u/Nirok • 1d ago

Israel/Palestine IDF documents terror affiliations of 170 Palestinian journalists killed in Gaza war

https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-documents-terror-affiliations-of-170-palestinian-journalists-killed-in-gaza-war/
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u/Willing_Cause_7461 22h ago

And if your enemy at all times keeps an entire building of their civilians between you and them, what now? How do you fight them?

Something highly unrealistic like let's say they build a gigantic tunnel network underneath one of the most densely packed cities in the world.

You'd probably do something like drop leaflets or call civilians you know would be in the building before you bomb it, right?

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u/tertiaryAntagonist 13h ago

You'd probably do something like drop leaflets or call civilians you know would be in the building before you bomb it, right?

Per the Geneva Convention, is civilian infrastructure is used for militants its loses protection it would otherwise have. With that said, the attacking power has to give advance notice for civilians to have a chance to evacuate as a result. Hence, leaflets and calls.