Targeting Civilian Leaders: A War Crime Under International Law

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Sana'a: Targeting the Prime Minister and ministers constitutes a war crime under international humanitarian law, which criminalizes the targeting of civilian political figures outside of the battlefield.

According to Yemen News Agency, the crime revealed the criminal nature of the Zionist enemy and its path of terrorism since its occupation of the land of Palestine, aided by Britain, which paved the way for Zionist gangs to enter Palestine. Since then, blood has been shed in the Palestinian arena at the hands of gangs that have adopted this criminal approach to control the land and displace the indigenous Palestinian population, in full view of the entire world and with the support of colonial powers.

Palestine was, and remains, the only country in the world subject to colonialism. This was due to the functional nature determined by the colonial powers-America, Britain, and others-which constituted the establishment of a functional entity to protect the interests of colonial powers in the Middle East and Asia. Today, the Zionist enemy is striving to exact revenge on the Yemeni forces that have been harassing it with ballistic missiles and drones. From time to time, it carries out strikes that reflect its military and intelligence weakness, announcing that it has carried out precise military strikes against such-and-such, only to be ridiculed by the Yemenis for its reckless statements and strikes, which reflect a blatant ignorance of Yemen's psychological and geographic nature.

Of course, the Zionist entity, along with America and Britain, know who Yemen is and understand its military and moral strength. They have repeatedly tried to play with fire, but in the end, they lost. America and Britain withdrew from the confrontation zones, suffering a humiliating defeat. The undoubted truth is that the Zionist enemy cannot achieve any of its aims through its air and missile strikes on targets that are essentially imaginary.

Its American and British masters have failed to achieve any notable victory in the Yemeni arena, and it seeks to save face before the Zionists by attacking a civilian meeting condemned by the entire world, as this shameful act falls within the scope of war crimes punishable under international law.