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A '''double tap''' is originally a shooting technique where two shots are fired in rapid succession at the same target. More recently it has expanded to refer to the practice of following a strike, e.g., a [[missile]], [[air strike]]s, [[artillery]] shelling or [[improvised explosive device]] attack with a second strike several minutes later, hitting emergency responders and medical personnel rushing to the site.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://defendmedicalimpartiality.org/?p=2126|title=Double Tap Strikes: Deliberate Attacks on First Responders in Syria and Yemen – Defenders for Medical Impartiality|website=defendmedicalimpartiality.org|language=en-US|access-date=2018-08-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Woods|first1=Chris|last2=Yusufzai|first2=Mushtaq|title=Drone strikes in Pakistan -- Get the Data: The return of double-tap drone strikes|url=https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2013/08/01/get-the-data-the-return-of-double-tap-drone-strikes/|access-date=24 August 2015|agency=The Bureau of Investigative Journalism|date=August 1, 2013|archive-date=7 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150807011637/https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2013/08/01/get-the-data-the-return-of-double-tap-drone-strikes/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |author=Julian Thompson |author2=Marius Rehn |author3=Hans Morten Lossius |author4=David Lockey |date=24 September 2014 |title=Risks to emergency medical responders at terrorist incidents: a narrative review of the medical literature |journal=Critical Care |volume=18 |issue=5 |page=521 |doi=10.1186/s13054-014-0521-1 |doi-access=free |pmid=25323086 |pmc=4422304}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Secondary Devices a Primary Concern {{!}} Office of Justice Programs |url=https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/secondary-devices-primary-concern |access-date=2023-08-09 |website=www.ojp.gov}}</ref> A ''[[Florida Law Review]]'' article argued that the practice likely is a [[war crime]] since it grossly violates the [[Geneva Conventions|Geneva Conventions of 1949]], which prohibit targeting civilians, the wounded, or those [[Hors de combat|no longer able to continue fighting]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Alexander |first=Samuel |date=2018-02-21 |title=Double-Tap Warfare: Should President Obama Be Investigated for War Crimes? |url=https://scholarship.law.ufl.edu/flr/vol69/iss1/7 |journal=Florida Law Review |volume=69 |issue=1 |page=261 |issn=1045-4241}}</ref> |
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Double-tap strikes have been used by [[Saudi Arabia]] during [[Saudi Arabian–led intervention in Yemen|its military intervention]] in [[Yemen]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/16/repeated-airstrikes-take-toll-on-yemeni-civilians|title='After an hour the plane came back': repeated airstrikes take toll on Yemeni civilians|last=Dehghan|first=Saeed|date=16 September 2016|website=theguardian.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2016-10-12 |title=The Human Rights Abuses in Yemen's "Forgotten War" |url=https://time.com/4528393/yemen-saudi-arabia-strike-wedding/ |access-date=2023-08-08 |magazine=Time |language=en}}</ref> by the [[United States]] in [[Pakistan]] and Yemen,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/outrage-at-cias-deadly-double-tap-drone-attacks-8174771.html |title=Outrage at CIA's deadly 'double tap' drone |publisher=Independent |access-date=2013-05-25 |location=London |first=Jerome |last=Taylor |date=2012-09-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/10/drone-attacks-at-funerals-of-people-killed-in-drone-strikes/280821/ |title=Drone Attacks at Funerals of People Killed in Drone Strikes |publisher=The Atlantic |access-date=2019-04-29 |first=Conor |last=Friedersdorf |date=2013-10-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2013-10-22|title=Drones kill rescuers in 'double tap', say activists|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-24557333|access-date=2021-02-21}}</ref> and most recently by Israel in [[Gaza Strip|Gaza]],<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bachmann|first1=Jutta|last2=Baldwin-Ragaven|first2=Laurel|last3=Hougen|first3=Hans-Petter|last4=Leaning|first4=Jennifer|last5=Kelly|first5=Karen|last6=Özkalipci|first6=Önder|last7=Reynolds|first7=Louis|last8=Vacas|first8=Alicia|title=Gaza 2014 - Findings of an Independent Medical Fact-Finding Mission|url=https://gazahealthattack.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/gazareport_eng.pdf|access-date=24 August 2015|agency=Physicians for Human Rights Israel|date=January 20, 2015}}</ref> by [[Russian military intervention in the Syrian civil war|Russia]] and the [[Syria]]n government in the [[Syrian civil war]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-middle-east-49528495/idlib-double-tap-air-strike-russia-says-never-was|title=Idlib 'double tap' air strikes: Who's to blame?|work=BBC News |language=en-GB|access-date=2019-08-31}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Parker |first=Claire |date=2022-07-22 |title=Russia and Syria conducted dozens of illegal 'double tap' strikes, report says |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/07/21/syria-russia-double-tap-airstrikes-report-war-crimes/ |access-date=2023-08-08 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> and by Russia and Ukraine in the [[Russo-Ukrainian War]], especially in the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine|full-scale invasion in 2022]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Epstein |first=Jake |title=Russia is bombing the same targets moments apart to kill Ukrainian rescue crews that arrive to save survivors |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-double-tap-ukrainian-rescuers-bombing-same-targets-twice-2022-4 |access-date=2023-08-08 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-08 |title=Attacks in Russian-occupied Ukrainian regions leave 28 dead, Moscow-appointed officials say |url=https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-kherson-drone-luhansk-aa5de3171da1126d0ae2a0dd59d419dc |access-date=2024-06-09 |website=AP News |language=en |quote=He said Ukrainian forces had 'deliberately made a repeat strike to create greater numbers of casualties' when 'residents of nearby houses ran out to help the injured.'}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 18:22, 17 June 2024
A double tap is originally a shooting technique where two shots are fired in rapid succession at the same target. More recently it has expanded to refer to the practice of following a strike, e.g., a missile, air strikes, artillery shelling or improvised explosive device attack with a second strike several minutes later, hitting emergency responders and medical personnel rushing to the site.[1][2][3][4] A Florida Law Review article argued that the practice likely is a war crime since it grossly violates the Geneva Conventions of 1949, which prohibit targeting civilians, the wounded, or those no longer able to continue fighting.[5]
Double-tap strikes have been used by Saudi Arabia during its military intervention in Yemen,[6][7] by the United States in Pakistan and Yemen,[8][9][10] and most recently by Israel in Gaza,[11] by Russia and the Syrian government in the Syrian civil war[12][13] and by Russia and Ukraine in the Russo-Ukrainian War, especially in the full-scale invasion in 2022.[14][15]
References
- ^ "Double Tap Strikes: Deliberate Attacks on First Responders in Syria and Yemen – Defenders for Medical Impartiality". defendmedicalimpartiality.org. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
- ^ Woods, Chris; Yusufzai, Mushtaq (August 1, 2013). "Drone strikes in Pakistan -- Get the Data: The return of double-tap drone strikes". The Bureau of Investigative Journalism. Archived from the original on 7 August 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
- ^ Julian Thompson; Marius Rehn; Hans Morten Lossius; David Lockey (24 September 2014). "Risks to emergency medical responders at terrorist incidents: a narrative review of the medical literature". Critical Care. 18 (5): 521. doi:10.1186/s13054-014-0521-1. PMC 4422304. PMID 25323086.
- ^ "Secondary Devices a Primary Concern | Office of Justice Programs". www.ojp.gov. Retrieved 2023-08-09.
- ^ Alexander, Samuel (2018-02-21). "Double-Tap Warfare: Should President Obama Be Investigated for War Crimes?". Florida Law Review. 69 (1): 261. ISSN 1045-4241.
- ^ Dehghan, Saeed (16 September 2016). "'After an hour the plane came back': repeated airstrikes take toll on Yemeni civilians". theguardian.com.
- ^ "The Human Rights Abuses in Yemen's "Forgotten War"". Time. 2016-10-12. Retrieved 2023-08-08.
- ^ Taylor, Jerome (2012-09-25). "Outrage at CIA's deadly 'double tap' drone". London: Independent. Retrieved 2013-05-25.
- ^ Friedersdorf, Conor (2013-10-24). "Drone Attacks at Funerals of People Killed in Drone Strikes". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2019-04-29.
- ^ "Drones kill rescuers in 'double tap', say activists". BBC News. 2013-10-22. Retrieved 2021-02-21.
- ^ Bachmann, Jutta; Baldwin-Ragaven, Laurel; Hougen, Hans-Petter; Leaning, Jennifer; Kelly, Karen; Özkalipci, Önder; Reynolds, Louis; Vacas, Alicia (January 20, 2015). "Gaza 2014 - Findings of an Independent Medical Fact-Finding Mission" (PDF). Physicians for Human Rights Israel. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
- ^ "Idlib 'double tap' air strikes: Who's to blame?". BBC News. Retrieved 2019-08-31.
- ^ Parker, Claire (2022-07-22). "Russia and Syria conducted dozens of illegal 'double tap' strikes, report says". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2023-08-08.
- ^ Epstein, Jake. "Russia is bombing the same targets moments apart to kill Ukrainian rescue crews that arrive to save survivors". Business Insider. Retrieved 2023-08-08.
- ^ "Attacks in Russian-occupied Ukrainian regions leave 28 dead, Moscow-appointed officials say". AP News. 2024-06-08. Retrieved 2024-06-09.
He said Ukrainian forces had 'deliberately made a repeat strike to create greater numbers of casualties' when 'residents of nearby houses ran out to help the injured.'