Hamas tried to reverse engineer the laws of war | Eylon Levy with Salo Aizenberg
Israel: State of a Nation
In this video, Eylon Levy and Salo Aizenberg discuss how Hamas has been attempting to manipulate and exploit international laws of war to its advantage by embedding operations in civilian structures like hospitals. The conversation delves into the difficulties of adhering to the laws of war when adversaries use human shields and civilian locations for military purposes. The speakers argue that such tactics wrongly aim to shield combatants from legitimate military responses by exploiting the ethical constraints of their opponents. This analysis highlights the ongoing ethical and tactical challenges faced in modern asymmetric warfare, particularly in the context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.