Legal analysis: Targeting Hamas police, media sites

19.11.2012                      05.Kislew. 5773

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Legal analysis: Targeting Hamas police, media sites

Hamas has directed its armed police to aid in fighting the IDF.

Among the around 1,000 military targets of the strikes carried out by the IDF in Operation Pillar of Defense in the past five days have been police stations, media locations and political buildings.
The first question related to the legality of attacking a specific target is regulated by Article 52 and the related articles of Protocol I of the Geneva Conventions….