To educate— The law of war is based on two fundamental principles: first, the distinction between the targeting of combatants and civilians; second, the requirement of proportionality in attacking targets that include both. –Under these principles, Israel’s actions were completely justified in taking out non-state terrorist leaders.
The individuals who were given beepers, radios and other communication devices by Hezbollah, and those places in Souther Lebanon storing military assets were legitimate non-state terrorist targets.
There is no magic formula. The military action must simply be reasonable under the circumstances. Hezbollah, a non-state actor declared war on Israel and has fired 9000 rockets into Israel’s civilian populated areas this year, displacing a half a million civilian citizens. Israel has to make it stop and they will.
