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Hezbollah strikes key Israeli bases in defense of Lebanon, its people (english.almayadeen.net)

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The Resistance group said it targeted the Kiryat Shmona settlement with a barrage of rockets, resulting in fires according to Israeli media. Firefighting teams were dispatched to the area in an attempt to extinguish the fires.

Hezbollah also struck the Meggido military airbase west of Afula - north of Jenin - three times throughout the early hours of the day with salvos of Fadi 1 and Fadi 2 rockets.

Additionally, in a strategic operation, the Resistance announced targeting with Fadi rockets the Israeli base, which is the Israeli occupation army's main transport and logistical support base for the northern region.

Furthermore, the group targeted the logistical warehouses of the Israeli 146th Brigade at the Naftali base. A northern correspondent for the Israeli i24NEWS confirmed that Hezbollah had hit "a very large weapons depot and a logistical center belonging to the [Israeli] army," noting ongoing efforts to extinguish the fires around the targeted site.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Not an argument, statement of fact about how colonial settlements have much looser rules as to what can be considered a legitimate strike, even if that area is primarily civilian in nature. It is not the same as targeting a civilian area within a nation's internationally recognized borders, legally speaking that is.

There are still requirements that must be met, but the bar is much lower in that regard.

I also said that there wasn't enough information available to know if those requirements were met, or not.

My point was that just them being colonial settlements significantly alters what is, and is not considered a war crime.