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I still don't get it.

Where in the LOW document are we, that allows 11.3 & 11.4 (or 11.6) or what ever 11.x, to apply ?

Law Of War

3.2 SITUATIONS TO WHICH THE LAW OF WAR APPLIES
Although the law of war is commonly understood as applying to the conduct of hostilities and the protection of war victims, the law of war addresses other situations as well. The law of war establishes:

rules governing the resort to force (jus ad bellum);

• rules between enemies for the conduct of hostilities and the protection of war victims in international and non-international armed conflict;
• rules between belligerents and neutrals;
• rules for military occupation; and
• duties during peacetime that help implement the above rules.
In addition, these rules in the law of war can sometimes be applied by analogy to other contexts.

3.8 END OF HOSTILITIES AND THE APPLICATION OF THE LAW OF WAR In general, law of war rules for the conduct of hostilities cease to apply when hostilities have ended. However, certain duties that have arisen during hostilities may continue after hostilities have ended, and certain new duties arise at the end of hostilities.

https://media.defense.gov/2023/Jul/31/2003271432/-1/-1/0/DOD-LAW-OF-WAR-MANUAL-JUNE-2015-UPDATED-JULY%202023.PDF

Where in the LOW document are we, that allows 11.3 & 11.4 (or 11.6) or what ever 11.x, to apply ?

It's not a step through the chapters thing -Ch1 leads to Ch 2, etc. Your bullet point points (he he) to 11.3 - rules for military occupation. Washington, DC is OCCUPIED by a foreign entity. To be occupied doesn't meant there are hostilities, but there are. The hostility is coming from the Q team aimed at the occupiers of America. THAT's why 11.3 (END OF OCCUPATION AND DURATION OF GC OBLIGATIONS) is so important to Q. They are ending the occupation. It's quite obvious the drops are connected to LoW. Multiple meanings exist.