General Discussion

The protocol is Protocol II to the 1980 Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons.

The argument is that Israel could not ensure that every single booby trapped pager was monitored in such a way that civilians were safe at all times, before, during and after detonation. Any instance where they couldn't provide this protection is a violation of the agreement. This would include so called civilians who were issued pagers.

It's an asinine aurgument.

Eta - Targeted booby traps are legal:

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