Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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Can a member of a terrorist organization avoid becoming a lawful military target simply by working in a hospital?

In this video, Shurat HaDin President Nitsana Darshan-Leitner weighs in on the recent Times of Israel investigation report that at least
18 healthcare workers identified as doctors, nurses and hospital employees in Gaza were also combatants were also identified as members of Hamas or Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and officially mourned by these terrorist organizations.

Nitsana explains what international humanitarian law actually says about civilians, organized armed groups, and why medical status alone does not provide immunity when someone is directly participating in hostilities or belongs to an organized armed group.

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