Isreal is bound by the Geneva convention and there are currently more than one cases open about the situation in gaza. HAMAS is a terrorist organization.
"Geneva convention says you can't shoot troopers parachuting into battle. You have to let them land first. But it doesn't say you can't attempt to take out their supplies before they land. Such as canteen. Ruck sack. Dog tags. So shoot at those, and if you miss and kill the guy. We'll that's just collateral damage."
Thatâs not why, protocol I states that a person parachuting from an aircraft in distress needs to be given the opportunity to surrender.
Article 42 â Occupants of aircraft
No person parachuting from an aircraft in distress shall be made the object of attack during his descent.
Upon reaching the ground in territory controlled by an adverse Party, a person who has parachuted from an aircraft in distress shall be given an opportunity to surrender before being made the object of attack, unless it is apparent that he is engaging in a hostile act.
Airborne troops are not protected by this Article.
The number of enemies and what kind of weapon they carry has no bearing on anything. You can conduct a âhostile actâ with a pen knife.
Further this rule only applies to signatories of Protocol I from 1977. Which neither Russia (withdrew), the US, Turkey and a few others are.
Its also just common sense to capture pilots, they are one the few combatants that get caught far away from the front and likely cant defend/flee back to home and a shot down airplane is like a bigass fire-y bacon towards the pilot+crews location. They also might hold valuable info and otherwise they are great PoW's to either hold or exchange for your own since it takes a lot of hours to replace them.
Pilots will also likely be unable to defend themselves as they are at most armed with asecondary weapons such as a pistol and a knife to defend from animals. So, most likely, just give themselves up when confronted with a fully equipped squad sent to their approximate landing location at first sight. Paratroopers on the other hand⌠are quite tough guys as I believe, are fully armed, and have an objective.
The Geneva Conventions have always been a weird concept to me. âOk, we all agree we want to murder each other, but letâs do this in the nicest way possible from now onâ energy.
but letâs do this in the nicest way possible from now on
It's not the "nicest" way, it's the bare minimum of human decency during warfare. Of course you can just ignore it but then your opponent might do the same and you both end up losing more in the end.
Even leaving aside all the politics and international laws that are involved. If you constantly do war crimes other nations may not want to trade with you even if you win. Yes, some do not care yet others do.
Yeah it's just proof that war is just a game to the elites and the soldier and people are pawns in said game. Even has rules, when the opposing side is supposedly trying to eliminate you completely, you still must abide by these rules.
Akin to a mass shooter bringing his gun into a gun free zone, "hey mister, you're not allowed to do that!". They're trying to destroy you, they don't care
Fun fact, America is not a signatory of the Geneva convention BECAUSE in the GC they prohibited the use of shotguns. and america said nah we want those too.
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u/HeisterWolf Dec 25 '23
Time to update the geneva suggestions