Feasible precautions?

Created
Fri, 27/10/2023 - 00:00
Updated
Fri, 27/10/2023 - 00:00
Family members of Al Jazeera Gaza Bureau chief die in IDF bombing The “wife, teenage son, daughter and grandson, and eight other members” of Al Jazeera bureau chief Wael al-Dahdouh died Wednesday in an Israeli air strike on the the Nuseirat refugee camp in southern Gaza. The Israeli military said in a statement it had “targeted Hamas terrorist infrastructure in the area” without elaborating. Washington Post: In its statement, the Israel Defense Forces also said it had “been targeting military targets across the Gaza Strip. Strikes on military targets are subject to relevant provisions of international law, including the taking of feasible precautions to mitigate civilian casualties.” The journalist’s family had relocated south to an area the Israeli military had designated a safe zone. On October 13, the Israeli Defense Force issued a statement for Gazan civilians to “evacuate south for your own safety and the safety of your families”: “The IDF calls for the evacuation of all civilians of Gaza City from their homes southwards for their own safety and protection and move to the area south of the Wadi Gaza, as shown on the map.” Washington Post again: On Wednesday, Al Jazeera broadcast video of Dahdouh in his press vest walking through the halls of the al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, blinking back tears and flanked by other members of the press who held and guided him. He was brought to a tent filled with body bags, including that of his son. In the footage, he looked down, threw up…