Legitimate military target

A legitimate military target is an object, structure, individual, or entity that is considered to be a valid target for attack by belligerent forces according to the law of war during an armed conflict. == Overview == Additional Protocol I of 1977 to the 1949 Geneva Conventions provides for the general protection of protected persons by limiting direct attacks to military objectives in a war between two or more belligerents.

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