FACT CHECK · GENOCIDE, ICJ/ICC/UN, GAZA DEATH TOLL
Claim: 'Bombing hospitals is genocide even if no one dies'
FALSETHE ANSWER
No. Genocide needs listed acts done 'with intent to destroy' a group as such (Art. II). Under Geneva IV Art. 19, a hospital used for 'acts harmful to the enemy' loses protection after a warning.
SOURCE
Genocide Convention 1948, Art. II; Fourth Geneva Convention, Art. 19 (Avalon)
avalon.law.yale.edu · un.org
avalon.law.yale.edu · un.org
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