The weapon of cowards – Le Parisien

2023-10-09 04:50:49

War is an often monstrous abomination but it obeys conventions. Those of Geneva in particular, signed in 1949, which guarantee dignified and humane treatment to prisoners and civilians. Only now, for forty-eight hours in Israel, it is not a war that has been played out but an avalanche of deadly attacks. And Hamas is not a regular army but a terrorist organization, a lawless faction that uses the weapon of cowards, the taking of hostages.