Customary international humanitarian lawprohibits the use of booby traps – objects that civilians are likely to be attracted to or are associated with normal civilian daily use – precisely to avoid putting civilians at grave risk and produce the devastating scenes that continue to unfold across Lebanon today. The use of an explosive device whose exact location could not be reliably known would be unlawfully indiscriminate, using a means of attack that could not be directed at a specific military target and as a result would strike military targets and civilians without distinction.
I think the point was that, for the people around, this was undistinguishable from suicide bombers, which are usually considered as terrorists.
Terrorism is meant to inspire terror and insecurity. This did exactly that.
Too early to tell, but likely not
oh good, if i find myself an active combatant in a war-zone i should just chuck on a t-shirt.
Regrettable but civilian casualties in a war-zone are inevitable
they weren’t randoms, at the moment it seems they were Hezbollah
That’ll happen when a large number of combatants are taken out at once
There is no “war-zone”. There are no “combatants”.
There’s just genocidal terrorists murdering civilians in several different states.
Hezbollah have been firing rockets into israel for months, it absolutely is a warzone
Human Rights Watch called it unlawful:
I think the point was that, for the people around, this was undistinguishable from suicide bombers, which are usually considered as terrorists. Terrorism is meant to inspire terror and insecurity. This did exactly that.