Article 3, convention 4, "armed conflict not of an international character." It's right there in black and white. You aren't allowed to kill someone hors de combat (which includes someone surrendering), even if nothing else from the conventions is in effect, and the other side doesn't hold to them.That you think the Geneva Conventions actually does hold to terrorists and the like is the real moronic thing here.
Then again you consider taxes 'theft', and pretend Wagner shooting Ukrainian who are surrendering to Wagner and getting executed is the same as what the IDF faces in Gaza with Hamas and jihadi's who use suicide belts.
This was a tragic friendly fire incident due to battlefield conditions.
It's literally the worlds barest bones human rights law, it applies to all parties to the treaty regardless of who they are fighting, and Israel failed.
See, you'd know this, if you did actual research, and didn't spend all your time talking out of your ass. I understand that's where your head is located, but I've heard that you can look up extraction methods on the internet. Maybe look those up?
Eh, making no hostile motions and waving a white flag? That's pretty far from knowingly. Maybe it was an accident, but my guess is war crime. You're alone, you know no one's going to prosecute it this time, so you want to take revenge. At a minimum, a prosecution is necessary here.The Geneva Conventions rules aren't quite that simple -- it's a war crime to *knowingly* fire on surrendering troops. This is not a strict liability offense, so it would not necessarily apply to situations where persons were fired upon as a snap decision and it was not recognized that they were attempting to surrender. Or more accurately, attempting to offer parley.
In other words -- it's a war crime if they did it *knowingly* and *on purpose*. It is more grey area if they were quick on the trigger finger in a tense situation; intent has to be proven.