Francois Balloux is WRONG about War Crimes

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Professor Francois Balloux is the Chair in Computational Biology Systems at the University College, London. However, he is not an expert in the Law of Armed Conflict, weaponeering or targeting.

His reckless spreading of misinformation as to what constitutes Israeli "war crimes" was viewed over 1.6 million times.

The Geneva Conventions can be found here:

The basics of the LOAC or Law of Armed Conflict can be found here:

Essentially, the four types of lawful targets are:

Combatants

Military infrastructure

Supply lines and logistics

Weapons and ammunition

Generally unlawful targets (with very narrow exceptions) are:

Civilians and civilian infrastructure

Medical personnel and facilities

Cultural, religious, and historic sites

Surrendering combatants and prisoners of war:

NOTE:

The Law of Armed Conflict does not preclude militaries from firing at civilian locations, if it can be proven the adversary is using the civilians for cover.

Military Necessity and Proportionality work hand in hand to designate a lawful target. A target can be considered lawful and proportionate if value of its destruction, capture, or neutralization offers a concrete and direct military advantage and the destruction does not cause excessive civilian harm compared to the anticipated military advantage of the strike.

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