re: #80 Bob Levin

You know very well that Hamas stores weapons and missiles, just about everywhere. And they are particularly fond of using hospitals and school buildings. It’s sad, but that is their tactic. Call it evil, but that is their tactic.

Although the question of whether a police station or hospital is being used by the enemy as a military instalation is important, it isn’t the only question. I direct you to Article 51(5)(b) of the 1977 Additional Protocol I to the 1949 Geneva Conventions:

5. Among others, the following types of attacks are to be considered as indiscriminate:

(b) an attack which may be expected to cause incidental loss of civilian life, injury to civilians, damage to civilian objects, or a combination thereof, which would be excessive in relation to the concrete and direct military advantage anticipated.