My heart hurts for all of the innocents trapped

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28. The Palestinian people are not on "the other side". They are victims of Hamas.

Hamas violates numerous International Humanitarian Law (IHL) rules, as codified in Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions.

1. Article 48: Parties must “distinguish between the civilian population and combatants…”

2. Article 51(4): Prohibiting indiscriminate attacks such as where the “method or means of
combat cannot be directed at a specific military objective.”

3. Article 51(7): Civilians should not be used “to render certain points or areas immune
from military operations, in particular attempts to shield military objectives…”

4. Article 52: “Attacks shall be limited strictly to military objectives.”

5. Article 58: Parties should “avoid locating military objectives within or near densely
populated areas.”

The Palestinian people are victims of Hamas war crimes.

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Surely you're not conflating the terrorist group Hamas and the Palestinian people.