is trying to make a big deal out of the video of them entering the hospital, as if it was somehow proof of their prior unsubstantiated allegations. Would they preferred they did NOT take the wounded hostage(s) to the hospital? I assumed they would kill-off any wounded hostages, as they would be a burden.

Anymore, any pronouncement from the Likud or the IDF is just ridiculous.

Did the hostages just wound themselves? Who did you expect to make these pronouncements, Ismail Haniyeh?

And despite your vigorous denials, the footage IS proof of the IDF allegations that the hospital lost its protective status on October 7, 2023 and became a legitimate military target under international law.

As far as the IDF preferences, they would likely be in this order: that there would be no wounded hostages, or that hamas did not take any hostages, or better still, that there would be no hamas to take any hostages. No big deal, right?

Even statements from doctors and patients have indicated that Hamas was on site, and in control - and that they had been all along. Sympathy for the innocents is one thing (and we have them in plenty) - but plain denial of even the most reasonable evidentiary claims ... Sorry, but that ship is going down.

the IDFs claim the video is evidence of a 'command center' is silly. Bringing wounded people to a hospital indicates nothing of the sort.

The IDF is so desperate to try and verify their baseless claims, to them EVERYTHING is somehow connected. Silly.

Cite any IDF source that claims "the video is evidence of a 'command center'.

I dare ya.

It doesn't make any sense coming from an awake person.

Maybe that's why its founder Robert Bernstein slammed them for their antisemitism, and Kenneth Roth, its executive director, just quit. If that's your only source, it is a laughable defense for your claims. Never mind that the supposed quote you excerpted has not been cited.

There were recordings of both wounded and non-wounded hostages. The ones who were physically able to resist, resisted.

I wouldn't say that bringing up the headquarters issue makes you any more credible, although I can see why you would deflect. Holding hostages in a hospital and belligerent combatants brandishing firearms as they drag the hostages in is more than sufficient for it to lose its protective status under international law.

Weak. Really weak.

Again, should they have NOT taken wounded people to a hospital?

If you stand on your head, rub your tummy, and sing Dixie, it still doesn't work.

They abducted the people. They wounded the people. They took the people to the hospital. I doubt very much that treating the wounded was on their minds - they took the healthy hostages there too. What they should or should not have done has a longer history to it than you pretend, and it is not the issue.

They made the hospital a legitimate military target. Note that I am not asking you whether or not they should have done this. They did.

And guess what: I am standing on my head, rubbing my tummy and singing Dixie as I am posting this, and detaining hostages in a hospital is still a violation of international law. And, BTW, the hospital personnel who were aware of this and didn't report it are complicit in violating international law.

"Which STILL doesn't support the IDF allegation of a 'command center', which is, after all, is THE POINT."

It is your point, and your point alone. There is no allegation that the videos have any relation to "command center". You made it up, and you keep deflecting to what you made up.

Let me repeat this slowly: The. Presence. of Armed. Combatants. In. The. Hospital. Removes. The. Hospital. Protections. Under. International. Law. Which part of this is beyond the limits of your presumed legal expertise?

Look it up. Just once. Maybe then your pretense to comment on other people's comprehension of international law would not appear so laughable.

The. Presence. of Armed. Combatants. In. The. Hospital. Removes. The. Hospital. Protections. Under. International. Law.

Yes it does. And I dare you to cite a source that tells otherwise.

Reversing the 'protective status' of a hospital is an EXTREMELY high bar which Hamas met on October 7. This is what the videos had proven beyond any doubt. When it comes to war crimes, they are the uncontested champions at committing them.

You're mixing-up your posts and responses.

You should get more rest.

Not that I blame you for running away from it: that was the smart thing to do.

I am just disappointed.

Disgusting group of people. Keep getting rid of Hamas. They are unacceptable in this world.