There Is Good Reason To Believe That Sinwar Was, in Fact, Murdered by the IDF While Rendered 'Hors to Combat'

Rather than celebrating death using inflammatory language of "elimination", Canada should be demanding that Israel comply with an independent investigation into the circumstances of Sinwar's death. 🧵...

Briefly for now: individuals who are rendered 'hors to combat' (no longer in the fight) by virtue of wounding cannot be targeted. To do so is a violation of common article 3 to the 1949 Geneva Conventions and a war crime under the art. 8(2)(c)(i) of the Rome Statute.

The relevant question is whether Sinwar was incapacitated by his wounds such that he was disabled from participating in fighting and no longer posed a threat. This question is easier to answer when fighters are unconscious or on the ground.

A wounded fighter attempting an escape is not hors de combat; this is why Israel claims Sinwar was killed while trying to escape. While he was wounded in a first attack & fled to the building in which he died, the video shows him seated when he was killed.

Of course, it can be difficult to determine whether a fighter has been so seriously wounded that they are no longer capable of taking hostile action. But a judgment must be made; it is impermissible to "double tap" a wounded fighter to ensure they are dead.

On The Facts We Have, Sinwar Was Able To Throw A Stick At The Drone That Captured His Final Moments. The Drone Footage Bleakly Summarizes The Asymmetry Of The Entire Israel-Palestine 'Conflict', With The Stick Standing In For The Ubiquitous Resistance Tool Of Stone Throwing.

I could go on, obviously... the TL;DR is that we just aren't asking questions at all about the legality of how Israel treats wounded Hamas fighters, and this is a major loss for international law. To see figures like Trudeau celebrating this gap is truly frightening.

Hamas is now claiming that Sinwar "met his end standing brave, with his head held high, holding his firearm, firing until the last breath, until the last moment of his life". This doesn't fit well with the video, which doesn't appear to show a gun.

The IDF says Sinwar was 'found with a gun'. Some accounts mention grenades. Reuters describes Sinwar as being killed "as he lay dying in the ruins of a building in south Gaza...slumped in a chair covered in dust." His right hand appears to be missing.

This account by @ julianborger describes the tank round that was directed against Sinwar after the drone withdrew as having the objective of 'making sure he was dead'. This would be 'double tapping', and is illegal.

Borger also notes that an "autopsy recorded he had a bullet wound to the head, raising questions over whether it was tank fire or a shot from an Israeli rifle that ended his life", and introducing inconsistency with the IDF story.

A CNN interview with the pathologist who performed Sinwar's autopsy confirms the cause of death was a gunshot wound to the head. He arrived at this cause of death before the IDF released its story about what happened, i.e. that tank fire killed him.

🔗SOURCE ➡️ Heidi Matthews🧵

Related: 10/19 — Haaretz: Above All, The Killing Of Sinwar Will Only Strengthen Netanyahu's Hubris And Self-Confidence. He Has No Wish To End The Wars In Gaza And Lebanon, Regardless Of The Daily Price Young Israelis Are Paying In Blood

10/19 — Haaretz: Sources In The IDF See Sinwar's Death.. 'Best Conditions Yet For Hostage Deal

10/17 — Yahya Sinwar Threw Stick at Drone Just Before Death, According to Israel Video

10/17 — Israeli Sources Have Now Confirmed The Elimination Of Yahya Sinwar, The Chairman Of The Hamas Political Bureau As Well As Its Military Wing In The Gaza Strip.
— 🇮🇱/🇵🇸 IDF soldiers with the alleged body of Yahya Sinwar

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