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minus-squarebestboyfriendintheworldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·2 hours 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-up3·59 minutes 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 .
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 .