Laws of War and how Hamas breaks them

The results of Hamas' destruction of a kibbutz [dead children and parents not shown]

The basic laws of war are internationally agreed upon. In a nutshell, these laws dictate that:

1.Attacks are to be limited to combatants and military targets. Attacks on civilians or civilians' objects (including homes, schools, historic memorials and places of worship), the use of civilians as shields, objects necessary for the survival of a civilian population is prohibited.[My emphasis.]

2. Civilians, as well as those who are wounded and taken prisoner, must be treated humanely, protected and spared from death.

3. Any military and civilian medical personnel must be granted any and all available help in order to allow them to perform their duties, which may include assisting injured combatants, civilians and prisoners.

Hamas uses civilians as shields, fires rockets indiscriminately at Israel, often striking innocent civilian targets--and innocently is the key word--and destroys synagogues, Jewish houses of worship.

It is prohibited to take civilians as "prisoners" [aka hostages] as they are non-combatants, and although Hamas released a video depicting a few hostages being treated medically, it's obvious they needed medical treatment due to the mistreatment Hamas gave them when they were captured. They captured hostages mainly as bargaining chips for the release of their terrorists, and those who captured an Israeli got an apartment and a $10,000 reward, partially funded by the Biden administration.

The Squad's squad

So let's dig a little deeper into the international laws of war.

1. Anything marked as a hospital, ambulance, a doctor or first aid worker are not to be attacked. Those people and their vehicles must not have weapons aboard. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) goes to great lengths to not target them, but international law allows the targeting of hospitals if they are being used as military sites for any reason. Still, Israel generally does not go ahead and destroy them.

2. A member of a neutral nation is not to be targeted unless that person is committing or intending to commit a hostile act. But Hamas took young people hostage or killed them, who are from dozens of various nations, when they attended a rave, or desert music festival.

3. Those fighting in the war must wear a uniform of their side and must carry their weapons out in the open where they can be seen. [This puts a crimp on suicide vests and jihadis with knives or concealed handguns.]

4. Anyone carrying or waving a plain white flag or cloth must not be attacked and that person should not attack anyone. The IDF has always abided by this law; with Hamas, it remains to be seen.

5. A captured enemy soldier must be treated fairly as a prisoner of war. Hamas tortures Israeli captives, including civilians.

6. Religious structures are to be protected at all costs and not destroyed or have a mosque built over them as is often seen in Islamic history.

7. Occupied territory should be governed fairly and not be looted or devastated--tell that to the Hamas looters and Palestine civilians who looted bicycles, jewelry, electronic devices, from the dead civilians Hamas slaughtered.

These are the laws of war in a nutshell. 

Make no mistake, the issue with Hamas and the rest of the enemies of Israel, it isn't about the land, that's only the pretext. It really about the mindless hatred of the Jewish people. 

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