Former UN official Mukesh Kapila writes on why it’s pretty much impossible to protect civilians in urban warfare, where there’s no clear frontline and fighters and non-combatants are intermingled.
It took me a second to realize that the pinging was from bullets. It took longer to get over the shock that the United Nations lettering on the vehicle was making me a target. This mad drive through Sarajevo’s infamous “sniper alley” was followed by an even more dangerous moment. An open dash into the hospital where I was triaging the sick and injured for evacuation.
So, when, for instance, Russian missiles hit residential blocks in Ukraine, which may host drone assembly, or Israeli jets demolish Gaza buildings with Hamas tunnels underneath them, the understandable outrage over the collateral killing of innocents could be equally directed towards those waging conflicts under civilian cover. Explosive weapons in urban settings The problem with rules prohibiting the disproportionate use of force is with titrating the violence.
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