Summary of The Guardian view on Israel’s booby-trap war: illegal and unacceptable | Editorial
Summary of The Guardian view on Israel’s booby-trap war: illegal and unacceptable | Editorial
The article discusses Israel's alleged use of booby-trapped pagers in Lebanon and Syria, which killed at least 12 people and wounded thousands more. The author argues that this tactic is illegal and disproportionate, and that it undermines the rules-based international order. The article also mentions Israel's history of carrying out remote operations and its relationship with the US.
quoting nevent1q…qf63The Guardian view on Israel’s booby-trap war: illegal and unacceptable | Editorial
Benjamin’s Netanyahu’s hold on power depends on his nation being at war. The region is paying a high priceIn the second world war, guerrilla forces scattered large quantities of booby-trapped objects likely to be attractive to civilians. The idea was to cause widescale and indiscriminate death. The Japanese manufactured a tobacco pipe with a charge detonated by a spring-loaded striker. The Italians produced a headset that blew up when it was plugged in. More than half a century later, a global treaty came into force which “prohibited in all circumstances to use booby-traps or other devices in the form of apparently harmless portable objects that are specifically designed and constructed to contain explosive material”. Has anyone told Israel and its jubilant supporters that, as Brian Finucane of the International Crisis Group points out, it is a signatory to the protocol?On Tuesday, pagers used by hundreds of members of the militant group Hezbollah exploded almost simultaneously in Lebanon and Syria, killing at least 12 people – including two children and four hospital workers – and wounding thousands more. This situation is directly analogous to the historical practices that current global arms treaties explicitly prohibit. US media say Israel was behind the attack, and the country has the motive and the means to target its Iran-backed enemies. Israel’s leaders have a long history of carrying out sophisticated remote operations, ranging from cyber-attacks, suicide drone attacks and remote-controlled weapons to assassinate Iranian scientists. On Wednesday it was reported that Israel blew up thousands of two-way personal radios used by Hezbollah members in Lebanon, killing nine and wounding hundreds. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/sep/18/the-guardian-view-on-israels-booby-trap-war-and-unacceptable
The article discusses Israel's alleged use of booby-trapped pagers in Lebanon and Syria, which killed at least 12 people and wounded thousands more. The author argues that this tactic is illegal and disproportionate, and that it undermines the rules-based international order. The article also mentions Israel's history of carrying out remote operations and its relationship with the US.