"Only because Hamas, in contravention of International Law,"
Hamas was fighting from a defensive position against invaders from outside - where do you think they come from - Mars - they are Palestinians
What should they have done, run away and left their families and neighbours to the tender mercies of the Israeli army - they were defending their people - friends and neighbours?
Supposing for a second your description is right, you seem now to be defending the killing of "hostages" - something you denied not long ago - MAKE UP YOUR MIND - AGAIN.
The United Nations strongly condemned Israelis action against civilians and considered prosecuting Israel for war crimes - so perhaps they don't understand "International Law" either.
"That is the established facts of it Jim."
I understand that it is the responsibility of the officers on the spot for anything that takes place under their command. Whatever happened to "the buck stops here - or doesn't that apply in the British Army? It seems incredibly spineless to blame the men for what was ultimately the responibility of the officers in charge
If the men had acted against orders they should, at the very least, have been disciplined, if not tried for mass-murder - neither happened.
Jim Carroll