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minus-squareindomara@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·edit-211 months agoThis is the image. (I use imagus or hover zoom which enlarges images all over the web upon hover) There do appear to be civilian buildings with lights on in the image.
minus-squarebestboyfriendintheworld@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down5·11 months agoCombatants fight in civilian areas regularly.
minus-squaremindlesscrollyparrot@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·11 months agoAre you trying to say they’re targeting it at the combatants and therefore it is OK to use it in a civilian area? Because the photo just above makes it pretty obvious that it isn’t a weapon that can be used in a targeted fashion.
minus-squarebestboyfriendintheworld@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down6·11 months agoYes, that’s legal under international humanitarian law. Being in a civilian area does not protect combatants from being targeted. Proportionality applies, but that’s it. That means attacking combatants in a civilian area has to serve a military objective.
minus-squaremindlesscrollyparrot@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·11 months agoIs it not “use of air-delivered incendiary weapons against military targets in civilian areas” ? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_on_Certain_Conventional_Weapons .
This is the image. (I use imagus or hover zoom which enlarges images all over the web upon hover)
There do appear to be civilian buildings with lights on in the image.
Combatants fight in civilian areas regularly.
Are you trying to say they’re targeting it at the combatants and therefore it is OK to use it in a civilian area?
Because the photo just above makes it pretty obvious that it isn’t a weapon that can be used in a targeted fashion.
Yes, that’s legal under international humanitarian law. Being in a civilian area does not protect combatants from being targeted.
Proportionality applies, but that’s it. That means attacking combatants in a civilian area has to serve a military objective.
Is it not “use of air-delivered incendiary weapons against military targets in civilian areas” ? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_on_Certain_Conventional_Weapons .