US EditionIsraeli use of human shields in Gaza was systematic, soldiers and former detainees tell the AP
- Multiple Palestinians and members of the Israeli military have reported to the AP that Israeli forces have regularly compelled Palestinians to serve as human shields in Gaza throughout the ongoing conflict.
- This practice escalated after the war erupted on October 7, 2023, with multiple testimonies indicating it became widespread by mid-2024 under orders from commanding officers.
- Palestinians recounted being forced to clear houses, tunnels, and hospitals, while soldiers acknowledged that using human shields helped accelerate missions and protected combat dogs from harm.
- Nadav Weiman, who leads the organization Breaking the Silence, described these accounts as indicative of a widespread failure and a profound ethical breakdown, while the Israeli military denies such actions and maintains that all directives explicitly forbid using civilians as human shields.
- The accounts suggest the use of human shields has become nearly routine during 19 months of conflict, raising legal and ethical concerns amid Israel's counterclaims that Hamas also uses civilians as shields.
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The Causes of Military Operations in the Gaza Strip. Israeli Army, Accused of Using Human Shields. "Do This or We Kill You"
The Israeli troops systematically use Palestinians for human escapes in the Gaza Strip, sending them into buildings and tunnels to check whether there are explosives or Hamas soldiers there, they have witnessed, in an AP report, more Palestinians and soldiers. This dangerous practice has become public during the 19 months of the war, they have said this. In response, the Israeli army has declared that it strictly prohibits the use of civilians '…
Israel Claims to Be Investigating the Use of Palestinian Detainees as Human Shields in Gaza
The Israeli army has stated that it is investigating “multiple cases” in which Israeli soldiers allegedly forced Palestinians to act as human shields in Gaza. According to these allegations, Israeli troops forced Palestinian detainees into tunnels and buildings to check whether anti-personnel mines or stationed combatants were present.
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Hartford CourantIsrael’s use of human shields in Gaza was systematic, Israeli soldiers and former Palestinian detainees say
TEL AVIV, Israel — The only time the Palestinian man wasn’t bound or blindfolded, he said, was when he was used by Israeli soldiers as their human shield. Dressed in army fatigues with a camera fixed to his forehead, Ayman Abu Hamadan was forced into houses in the Gaza Strip to make sure they were clear of bombs and gunmen, he said. When one unit finished with him, he was passed to the next. “They beat me and told me: ‘You have no other option; …
Palestinians accuse Israeli troops of using civilians as human shields in Gaza
Several Palestinians and soldiers told the AP that Israeli troops are systematically forcing Palestinians to act as human shields in Gaza, sending them into buildings and tunnels to check for explosives or militants.
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