> pretending to be your enemy's civilians bring no such issue

Could you clarify where in the Geneva Conventions this very important exemption is stated?

> Why was it decided that feigning of civilian, non-combatant status is bad?

Because people start shooting civilians thinking they're infiltrators, and even enemy civilians are protected persons.

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HappyPanacea 2 hours ago | parent [-]

> Could you clarify where in the Geneva Conventions this very important exemption is stated?

The spirit of the law is more important then its letter. Also I think Israel never signed that part of the Geneva Conventions.

> Because people start shooting civilians thinking they're infiltrators, and even enemy civilians are protected persons.

When did that happened in the Israel-Arab conflict? (When did that happened elsewhere? It sounds like it should be very rare, people don't kill their own so easily?)

	▲	ceejayoz an hour ago \| parent [-]
		> Also I think Israel never signed that part of the Geneva Conventions. You, earlier: "A lot of that ambiguity would vanish if Hamas did not have a habit of not putting uniforms in combat." Now it's suddenly not a problem? I can't imagine Hamas signed the Geneva Conventions. > It sounds like it should be very rare, people don't kill their own so easily? German Jews in the 1930s/1940s would probably disagree. > When did that happened elsewhere? It sounds like it should be very rare, people don't kill their own so easily? I mean, the IDF killed three Israeli hostages in Gaza, while with their hands up and holding a white flag, because they thought they were infiltrators. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67745092