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[quote=Muslima][quote=Anonymous]Mislima, Under international law, Israel has the right to defend itself. How is what is debatable. Israel can go after militants/militia, but not the general population. Where it gets tricky is with civilian casualties because the weapon missed. If Israel targeted the shelter, then it is a war crime. If Israel targeted the militant that launched the missile, but the response missed...that is very unfortunate, but not necessarily a war crime. [/quote] The law doesn't say that. The law states that an occupying power has the right to police but not to self-defense. To fulfill its duties, the occupying power is afforded the right to use police powers, or the force permissible for law enforcement purposes. The extent and breadth of force constitutes the distinction between the right to self-defense and the right to police. Police authority is restricted to the least amount of force necessary to restore order and subdue violence. In such a context, the use of lethal force is legitimate only as a measure of last resort. Even where military force is considered necessary to maintain law and order, such force is circumscribed by concern for the civilian non-combatant population. The law of self-defense, invoked by states against other states, however, affords a broader spectrum of military force. [/quote]
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