Israeli special forces dressed up as medical personnel and went into a hospital in the West Bank and killed three injured militants while they were asleep in their hospital beds. It appears this would violate international law on perfidy as the special forces were dressed as medical staff. It would also be a violation for killing wounded militants that were hors de combat receiving medical care in the hospital.
“The Israeli forces involved in the operation were dressed in civilian clothing and at least some were dressed as medical personnel, who enjoy protection under the law of armed conflict,” Aurel Sari, a law professor at the University of Exeter in the UK, told CNN. “The killing of the three Palestinian men by Israeli forces dressed as medical personnel as part of a single attack therefore violates the prohibition of resort to perfidy.”
International humanitarian law also prohibits the killing of the wounded and sick who, like medical staff and civilians, enjoy protected status. “Provided they abstained from any acts of hostilities, killing them was a violation of the law of armed conflict,” Sari added."
Not for nothing but this also shows the Israeli military is perfectly capable of going after Hamas without levelling Gaza.
