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Breaching the Iron Dome: the Iranian cluster bombs bypassing Israeli air defences
(www.theguardian.com)
Amnesty International condemned Iran’s use of cluster munitions last June – during its 12-day war with Israel – as a “flagrant violation” of international law. The organisation accused Israel of similar breaches over its use of the weapons in Lebanon in 2006. Israel has acknowledged deploying cluster munitions in the past, maintaining that it does so in line with international law, but described Iran’s use of bomblets towards a centre of mass population as “a war crime by the Iranian regime”.
This sucks that the laws of combat are being disregarded, which means reporters and aid workers may also be targets (if they already are not)
But, putting the shoe on the other foot feels fair. Just not to the civillians getting their homes bombed in gaza, iran and israel.