News came through yesterday morning of Israel military forces killing two Palestine militants in a raid on Nablus. There was no attempt, unlike previous similar operations, to minimise civilian casualties by attacking during nocturnal quiet hours. A 16-year-old boy also died in the raid. Nablus has had a chequered history, but the last international resolution of its status sees it as part of Palestine. Israel's actions are therefore legally questionable as well as morally so.
There is less doubt about the illegality of USA's extraterritorial killing in Kabul recently and, during the Obama presidency, of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan. Russia sends agents into England to liquidate fellow-citizens benefitting from asylum in the UK, and the UK may not be the only nation which allows this to happen. In all these cases, there has been collateral damage, often including the loss of innocent lives.
It seems nothing can be done to hold the agents to account. The ultimate judge in these matters is the United Nations Supreme Council, but both Russia and America are permanent members thereof - and Israel disregards UN Resolutions anyway.
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