Palästina

[Shahab3]

Der Vorfall ist schwer für Israel zu nutzen. Weder später noch heute, weil die Fakten einfach gegen Israel sprechen. Zum Zeitpunkt der 3 Waffenfunde, waren alle drei besagten Schulen nicht in Betrieb. Sie waren zu diesem Zeitpunkt menschenleer. Zum Zeitpunkt der israelischen Angriffe auf unterschiedliche UNRWA Schulen war der IDF deren Position jeweils bekannt und auch, dass diese Schulen zum Zeitpunkt des Angriffs "eine große Zahl Flüchtlinge" beherbergen. Die IDF hat damit eben nicht -wie etwa Hamas- leere Schulen zum militärischen Ziel gemacht, sondern Schulen die bekanntermaßen mit Kriegsflüchtlingen überfüllt waren.

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Each time, according to the UN, precise coordinates of schools' location were given to the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) along with information that the schools were accommodating large numbers of displaced families.

UNRWA, which manages the premises, notified the IDF 12 times of the coordinates for the Beit Hanoun school, including four hours before it was struck. It told the IDF of the coordinates for the Jabaliya school 17 times, including at 9.50pm the night before it was hit at around 4.30am. Coordinates for the Rafah school were passed on 33 times before Sunday's attack.
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UN property is designated as civilian under international law, and as such cannot be targeted for attack. It could, however, be defined as a military target if at the time in question it was making an effective contribution to the military action of a party, in this case Hamas. Even in those circumstances, civilian deaths cannot be disproportionate to any military advantage gained by the other party. In case of doubt, the property should be presumed to be civilian.

Israel's claims that Hamas uses UN premises to store weapons has been given substance by the discovery of arms caches at three UN schools on 16, 22 and 29 July. The UN says the schools had been closed up for the summer holidays, and condemned their appropriation by militants as "flagrant violations of international law". It said it immediately informed all relevant parties about the discoveries.
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