#noncombatants — Public Fediverse posts
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#Military, #government you can trust and support of the people. These are the three essential factors required of a president to Go to #War. #Congress acts as the mouthpiece of the voters. #President keeping #secrets from #Democrats, Gang of Eight....Individual decision making on the part of #Trump not based on what military intelligence supports. #sleepercells #harming #americans #US #troops in the #MiddleEast 7 counties 30-40,000 troops and #civilians at risk Who is protecting #noncombatants
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#AI in military civilian killings 🤬
#Israel Loosened Its Rules to Bomb Hamas Fighters, #Killing Many More #Civilians
"Surprised by Oct. 7 and fearful of another attack, Israel weakened safeguards meant to #protect #noncombatants, allowing officers to #endanger up to 20 people in each #airstrike. One of the #deadliest #bombardments of the 21st century followed.
In each strike, the order said, officers had the authority to risk #killing up to 20 #civilians..."
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Washington Institute for Near East Policy #Gaza Fatality Data Has Become Completely #Unreliable Heated debates over Palestinian death toll in #Hamas-#Israel war tend 2 focus on fact that widely cited fatality numbers make no distinction between #combatants & #noncombatants. While this is true it misses more fundamental problem—numbers themselves have lost any claim to validity. Download a condensed version of the author’s database (Excel). Searchable database forthcoming https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/gaza-fatality-data-has-become-completely-unreliable
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“Some of this is happening out in the open, some behind the masks of #humanitarianism & #justice, & some in code, most famously ‘from the river to the sea,’ a chilling phrase that implicitly endorses the killing or deportation of the 9M #Israelis. It seems odd that one has to say: Killing #civilians, old people, even babies, is always wrong. But today say it one must.”
#Israel #Palestinians #Hamas #Gaza #Decolonization #FalseNarrative #Terrorism #NonCombatants #LawsOfWar #HumanitarianCrisis
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Israeli attacks have killed ≥7,703 people in #Gaza & wounded >18,900, the Gaza Health Ministry said. Almost 3,200 children have been killed in Gaza, ofcls said. Israeli authorities said >1,400 people were killed in #Israel & >5,400 injured since #Hamas’s attack #Oct7. ≥32 #UnitedStates nationals are among those killed.
#war #LawsOfWar #terrorism #HumanitarianCrisis #CrimesAgainstHumanity #InternationalHumanitarianLaw #NonCombatants #RulesBasedWorldOrder #MiddleEast #GlobalSecurity #geopolitics
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The WH has defended this #NationalSecurity push as essential at a time of mounting #geopolitical #instability, & necessary to demonstrate #UnitedStates resolve against the nation’s adversaries in #Russia, #Iran & #China.
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#POTUS #democracy #allies #MNNA #autocracy #Putin #terrorism #Hamas #HumanitarianCrisis #HumanitarianAid #Palestinians #Gaza #Ukranians #Ukraine #NonCombatants #civilians #geopolitics #GlobalSecurity #NationalSecurity -
#JoshPaul, was dir of congressional & public affairs at the #State Dept’s Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, which handles #arms transfers. His departure marks a rare measure of internal discomfort over the admin’s robust support for #Israel, the #UnitedStates’ closest #ally in the #MiddleEast. More broadly, it was an unusual public show of #dissent w/in President Biden’s #ForeignPolicy apparatus….
#Hamas #Gaza #war #NonCombatants #HumanitarianCrisis #geopolitics
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#JoshPaul, a State Dept ofcl who worked on #arms transfers to #ForeignPowers, resigned Wed over the #Biden admin’s handling of the conflict in #Israel & #Gaza, declaring he could not support further US military assistance to Israel & calling the administration’s response “an impulsive reaction.”…
#Hamas #war #Terrorism #NonCombatants #HumanitarianCrisis #MiddleEast #geopolitics
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/10/18/state-department-josh-paul-resignation-israel/ -
#POTUS #Biden wants to know 'what exactly happened' at #hospital
Pres Biden in stmnt said he was “outraged & deeply saddened by the explosion at the #AlAhli Arab hospital in #Gaza, & the terrible loss of life that resulted.”
Biden said he immediately contacted & spoke w/ King #Abdullah II of #Jordan & #Israel PM #Netanyahu.
#Hamas #war #FogOfWar #HumanitarianCrisis #InternationalHumanitarianLaw #NonCombatants #LawsOfWar
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/live-blog/israel-hamas-war-live-updates-rcna120747/rcrd21885?canonicalCard=true -
Fighting continues into the #war’s 9th day. Rockets were fired into #Israel hitting cities near the north border of #Gaza. #Hamas said Sunday that it #bombed the #Israeli town of #Sderot, one its earlier targets. Local news said the bombing happened as #civilians were #evacuating.
600k people #evacuate northern Gaza before expected #invasion, #IDF said.
#Terrorism #WarCrimes #NonCombatants #LawsOfWar
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/10/15/israel-gaza-war-updates-hamas-palestine/ -
"We are urgently seeking more information, working w/ authorities in the region, & supporting Issam's family & colleagues," #Reuters added.
via RSF:
There are specific provisions in #InternationalLaw to protect #HumanitarianWorkers & #journalists during armed conflict. Article 79 of Additional Protocol I of the #GenevaConventions: journalists in #war zones must be treated as #civilians & protected as such, provided they play no part in the hostilities. -
Neither the Israeli govt nor #Hamas… has said exactly how many people are being held in #Gaza, but the issue has wracked families in #Israel & abroad, & looms large as Israel preps for a possible invasion.
In total, The Post found visual #evidence that Hamas fighters took ≥106 #hostages during the incursion. Beside those who appeared to be taken to Gaza, 26 #captives were seen being held in locations that couldn’t be verified, & 16 were seen only in Israel. -
President of #Israel Isaac #Herzog said he met Tues w/the families of people abducted by #Hamas.
“I met those who do not know the fate of their loved ones & those who know that they are in the hands of a cruel & brutal enemy,” Herzog said in a video posted on social media.#war #Gaza #geopolitics #RulesBasedWorldOrder #InternationalHumanitarianLaw #IHL #NonCombatants #LawsOfWar #JusInBello