Joker@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-211 days agoIsraeli prime minister admits responsibility for mass pager explosions in Lebanonwww.middleeastmonitor.comexternal-linkmessage-square110fedilinkarrow-up1350arrow-down16
arrow-up1344arrow-down1external-linkIsraeli prime minister admits responsibility for mass pager explosions in Lebanonwww.middleeastmonitor.comJoker@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-211 days agomessage-square110fedilink
minus-squareFlocklesscrow@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39arrow-down1·10 days agoIs this not explicitly a massive violation of international law and war crime?
minus-squareℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34arrow-down2·10 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.
minus-squareclutchtwopointzero@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·9 days agoThere’s no one to enforce “international law”
Is this not explicitly a massive violation of international law and war crime?
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.
There’s no one to enforce “international law”