Comply with the Law of War Part 3B Exercises
Question 3
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&questionText=While your unit is directly engaging a combatant element on a legitimate military target, several personnel in a nearby medical facility are accidentally killed and injured. Do those killings constitute a war crime under the Geneva Convention?&
&lure1=Yes, because you must never cause damage to a medical facility or its personnel.&
&lure2=Yes, because you should have known the facility was there and not attacked the combatants who were in fighting positions nearby.&
&lure3=No, because incidental damage, injury, or death caused while directly engaging combatants is not considered a criminal act.&
&lure4=No, because the combatants deliberately placed themselves near the facility for protection.&
&correctResponse=3&
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