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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Blocking neccesities for civiliana like water is a war crime. Encircling enemy state after it lanched offensive to yours is not, otherwise e.g. allies pushing Nazis all the way back to Berlin was also crime.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Israel claims that Hamas is not a legitimate government and definitely not a state. They claim and control the territory of Gaza and consider Hamas a terrorist organization.

So by their own definition, this is a ~~war crime~~ crime against humanity.