The Chairman of the Constitutional Committee of the People's Assembly: Targeting civilians is a war crime that requires the prosecution of its perpetrators Details: The head of the Constitutional and Legislative Committee in the People's Assembly, lawyer Abdel Nasser Hoshan, confirmed that the legitimacy of military operations in the field depends on four basic principles, including distinction, proportionality, military necessity and precautionary measures. Hoshan explained that the principle of distinction requires always separating combatants from civilians, military targets and civilian objects, considering directing attacks against civilians as a war crime. The chairman of the committee stated that the principle of proportionality prohibits attacks that cause the loss of civilians that exceed the expected military advantage, while the military necessity limits actions to achieve surrender without violating international laws, at the same time as the need to take all precautions to reduce collateral losses. Hoshan reviewed the legality of military operations in Islamic jurisprudence and their moral supervision, and pointed out that they are limited to warding off aggression, protecting freedom of belief and eliminating injustice, while prohibiting the killing of non-combatants, including women, children, the elderly, and worshipers, and prohibiting environmental sabotage, environmental destruction. Lawyer Abdel Nasser Hoshan emphasized that harming civilians is a war crime, even if the attack was carried out under the pretext of fighting terrorism, which requires that it be prosecuted and that the perpetrators of this crime be held accountable.

The Chairman of the Constitutional Committee of the People's Assembly: Targeting civilians is a war crime that requires the prosecution of its perpetrators Details: The head of the Constitutional and Legislative Committee in the People's Assembly, lawyer Abdel Nasser Hoshan, confirmed that the legitimacy of military operations in the field depends on four basic principles, including distinction, proportionality, military necessity and precautionary measures. Hoshan explained that the principle of distinction requires always separating combatants from civilians, military targets and civilian objects, considering directing attacks against civilians as a war crime. The chairman of the committee stated that the principle of proportionality prohibits attacks that cause the loss of civilians that exceed the expected military advantage, while the military necessity limits actions to achieve surrender without violating international laws, at the same time as the need to take all precautions to reduce collateral losses. Hoshan reviewed the legality of military operations in Islamic jurisprudence and their moral supervision, and pointed out that they are limited to warding off aggression, protecting freedom of belief and eliminating injustice, while prohibiting the killing of non-combatants, including women, children, the elderly, and worshipers, and prohibiting environmental sabotage, environmental destruction. Lawyer Abdel Nasser Hoshan emphasized that harming civilians is a war crime, even if the attack was carried out under the pretext of fighting terrorism, which requires that it be prosecuted and that the perpetrators of this crime be held accountable.