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Hospitals have special protection under the rules of war. Why are they in the crosshairs in Gaza? (apnews.com)

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JERUSALEM (AP) — The head of surgery at Gaza’s largest and most advanced hospital held up his phone Saturday to the hammering of gunfire and artillery shelling. “Listen,” said Dr. Marwan Abu Sada as fighting raged around Shifa Hospital.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Although with the tank kills Hamas has somehow been achieving,

In modern urban warfare, it's not very hard to down tanks with homemade (or I guess tunnel-made) rockets.