https://mondoweiss.net/2024/05/how-israel-turned-hospitals-into-military-targets-by-lying-about-international-law/ | How Israel turned hospitals into ‘military targets’ by lying about international law |
“The symbol for healthcare was once a mark of a sacred space — one that, according to international humanitarian law, marked out a facility as a site to be protected in war. Now that symbol has instead become a prime target.” | #medicine #history #law #Gaza #Palestine #Israel
“The symbol for healthcare was once a mark of a sacred space — one that, according to international humanitarian law, marked out a facility as a site to be protected in war. Now that symbol has instead become a prime target.” | #medicine #history #law #Gaza #Palestine #Israel
How Israel turned hospitals into ‘military targets’ by lying about international law
The bar for hospitals to lose protected status under international law is set very high. Those conditions were not met for any of the 36 hospitals in Gaza that Israel destroyed.Tamara Kayali Browne (Mondoweiss)
