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[news] Paging The Hague: Israel’s Exploding Electronics Might Be War Crimes

Paging The Hague: Israel’s Exploding Electronics Might Be War Crimes

https://theintercept.com/2024/09/19/israel-pager-walkie-talkie-attack-lebanon-war-crimes/

Experts on international law pointed to the indiscriminate nature of the blasts in Lebanon and the prohibition on booby traps.

Paging The Hague: Israel’s Exploding Electronics Might Be War Crimes

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/20492321

Jonah Valdez
September 19 2024, 8:44 a.m.

3 comments

TommySoda

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Shall we add it to the list, then?

NaibofTabr

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Even if the military targets killed by these devices are not considered war crimes, there were several civilians killed and those deaths should be considered war crimes.

The problem with using a weapon like this is that you can't possibly know who is nearby at the detonation time. To me this seems similar to butterfly mines which have been internationally banned for 2 major reasons:

they can end up outside the military operation area - they're light enough that they can be blown off-course while falling, and will float downstream if they land in water
children pick them up because they look like plastic toys

It seems like the same logic should apply - this weapon is not discriminating enough and is therefore not a legitimate military option.

JiveTurkey

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Even if it is a war crime I have zero faith that they will face any consequences.