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Israel's attacks on hospitals 'should be investigated as war crimes': HRW
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(Al Jazeera) 'Special protections' “Intentionally directing attacks against … medical units and transport” is prohibited as a war crime under the ICC's Rome Statute, HRW noted. “Hospitals and other medical facilities are civilian objects that have special protections under international humanitarian law, or the laws of war. Hospitals only lose their protection from attack if they are being used to commit 'acts harmful to the enemy', and after a required warning,” it said.
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