[Skybird]

If it cannot be taken on the gorudn with calculatable risk, then give the staff enough early warning time to move out their patients, and then bomb it. Its war, damn it. Dont save the enemy below the hospital just because there are civilians around. Why do you think Hamas has moved its infrasturcture beneath hospitals, eh? They hoped to become untouchable that way. Or gain propaganda poitns if Israel strikes.

Saving the enemy is what makes you lose wars. Don't. Never.

In fact Israel has told staff at that hospital already days ago to evacuate. Staff said "No". Their deicison, they were warned. Israel also gives phone calls and knock-on dud bombs as warnign to civilians in buildings that are about to be bombed. Lets face it, no matter what Israel does or does not - the world will always be against it, since they are Jewish.

Hamas can call itself lucky that it is up against Israel and not an army like that of Syria, Saudi Arabia, or Iran. These do not know such self-restrictions as the Israeli do practice. Not to mention Russia, China.

My rule for such a scenario: give early warning to civilians, and then target and bomb the hell out of any enemies around.

Note that they say Hamas has abused many such civilian places like hospitals and schools. Israel should not do them the favour to carelessly massacre civlians when bombign these, but allow civilians - sufficient but short - time to escape. But for everything that counts in war, it should not restrain from attacking these military targets. You dont win wars by saving the enemy.

BTW, I personally would also strike at "religous" places if these get used for military purposes of any kind. In Irag for exmaple, they often stored weapons in mosques and had snipers and obeservations posts in minarettes. Sorry dudes, that makes you all valid targets, holy ground or not.

If rules apply even in war as some say, then I insist at least on these rules being followed by the other as well - Reciprocity. So far the Hague Landwarfare convention has not been signed by Hamas, Taliban, or IS.


Ironically, the Hague Convention was initiated by the Russian Tsar. Now look what Russia does these days.