• Saleh@feddit.org
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    1 month ago

    An injured fighter is no longer a combatant and entitled to medical treatment like any other human being.

    But by blowing up the ambulance so that only body parts can be found after, it can always be claimed that the patients were still healthy before being bombed.

    • bestboyfriendintheworld@sh.itjust.works
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      Specific ambulances are only attacked if there’s intelligence like surveillance that says it’s being used to transport combatants or weapons. If all ambulances were systematically targeted, all ambulances would camouflage as civilian vehicles.

      You are correct that persons hors de combat are protected.

      Evidence in war zones is always difficult, especially when combatants don’t wear uniforms. You can easily make a combatant look like a civilian, by removing the weapons from the scene. Making civilians look like combatants just takes putting a weapon next to their body. Independent neutral investigators will rarely arrive at a scene before one of the belligerent forces.

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        1 month ago

        Specific ambulances are only attacked if there’s intelligence like surveillance that says it’s being used to transport combatants or weapons

        Yeah? You actually believe this?

        As the person above you said, there is no way to confirm any of it because they blew it the fuck up. For all we know, it was transporting injured fighters out of the warzone. Blowing that up (and then later lying about it) is something the IDF 1000% would do without thinking twice. It’s their M.O.