Joker@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 days agoIsraeli prime minister admits responsibility for mass pager explosions in Lebanonwww.middleeastmonitor.comexternal-linkmessage-square110fedilinkarrow-up1349arrow-down16
arrow-up1343arrow-down1external-linkIsraeli prime minister admits responsibility for mass pager explosions in Lebanonwww.middleeastmonitor.comJoker@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 days agomessage-square110fedilink
minus-squareFlocklesscrow@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37arrow-down1·3 days agoIs this not explicitly a massive violation of international law and war crime?
minus-squareclutchtwopointzero@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 days agoThere’s no one to enforce “international law”
minus-squareℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33arrow-down2·3 days agoYes it is, and not because of whether the attacks were targeted. “It is prohibited to use booby-traps or other devices in the form of apparently harmless portable objects which are specifically designed and constructed to contain explosive material.” This is a US West Point essay BTW.
Is this not explicitly a massive violation of international law and war crime?
There’s no one to enforce “international law”
Yes it is, and not because of whether the attacks were targeted.
“It is prohibited to use booby-traps or other devices in the form of apparently harmless portable objects which are specifically designed and constructed to contain explosive material.”
This is a US West Point essay BTW.